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brian_t wrote: »

This is just a repeat of the "Hate for RTE" thread that you started in January.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109043348

Bad TV is not just confined to RTE. People have a legit right to give out about poor TV and overconcentration on reality TV, sport and soaps. Way too much of all this. I do not like paying TV tax and I'm sure British people feel the same when it comes to funding their poor channels as well.

I am stuck with a new TV set and feel while I have it, I need to make some use of it. I will praise RTE when they deserve it (Love/Hate, being the first in Europe to show The Handmaid's Tale seasons 2 and 3) and am also the first to admit RTE is no worse than the 'bigger' British channels who have more of a budget and STILL give us mostly drivel that RTE copy anyway. Reality TV things on RTE like Dragon's Den and the whole Popstars/You're a Star/All Ireland Talent Show/The Voice of Ireland/Ireland's Got Talent are just our version of Simon Cowell's things with Louis Walsh instead.

I do not like to see the demise of traditional TV but it is not helping itself if all this cheaply made reality drivel is all that gets pushed. One area RTE are much worse with is the cronyism. The same old people pushed at us all the time. Having way too many chatshows and not enough interesting guests is another problem. As is relying on Mrs Brown and her smut (something RTE and BBC are equally guilty of).

As for this being a 'repeat' of a thread talking about similar issues in January: well, it looks like TV has not improved since then! And also, expect to see many threats complaining about TV and paying for mostly drivel on it. Here's yet another thread doing the rounds:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057868730

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OmegaGene wrote: »

Just because you have a new tv it doesn’t mean you have to use t to access trash tv which is what you’re describing, just avoid it like most people do, there’s no point complaining really it’s best just to face facts that it’s low budget and rubbish.
A tv used to be a way to access terrestrial tv but now they are much more with free apps and paid for services

Yes, but there is still that tax.

brian_t

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As for this being a 'repeat' of a thread talking about similar issues in January: well, it looks like TV has not improved since then! And also, expect to see many threats complaining about TV and paying for mostly drivel on it. Here's yet another thread doing the rounds:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057868730

That thread is in a different forum.

Bellerstring

Pat Kenny hasn't worked for RTE for over 6 years.

Sleepy

The organisation is a paragon of nepotistic, public sector incompetence.

pixelburp

Mod: merged a couple of similar threads, including the OPs carbon-copy from the start of the year; let's try to use this as a 'general' thread for chatting / moaning all things RTÉ...

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Sleepy wrote: »

The organisation is a paragon of nepotistic, public sector incompetence.

RTE for an organisation its size is doing better financially than most. It gets licence fees/tax, government grants AND advertising revenue. Yet, it manages to squander the whole lot. Salaries, useless programmes being made, and last but not least a completely UNNECESSARY redesign of the news studio. Where are the accountants??!!

dvdman1

Is it time to scrap RTE completely and save people the licence fee...it could be argued that it is stiffling independent TV and radio operators. Its inefficient and doesnt necessarily represent irish peoples views.
The news gathering has so much influence over the irish population.
Entertainment shows are overly serious and political.
Comedy is nearly non existent especially on radio.

KaneToad

dvdman1 wrote: »

Is it time to scrap RTE completely and save people the licence fee...it could be argued that it is stiffling independent TV and radio operators. Its inefficient and doesnt necessarily represent irish peoples views.
The news gathering in particular has so much influence over the irish population.
Entertainment shows are overly serious and political.
Comedy is nearly non existent especially on radio.

No. It's time to collect the fee from everyone and to cut costs paid to the 'talent'. We need a strong public broadcaster - take a look at the media landscape in the US, would hate to have similar here.

Laviski

KaneToad wrote: »

No. It's time to collect the fee from everyone and to cut costs paid to the 'talent'. We need a strong public broadcaster - take a look at the media landscape in the US, would hate to have similar here.

It either survives on tax and take no ads
Take ads but no tax

Should be one or the other. If survives on tax then like any household or business it needs to live within it's means

KaneToad

Laviski wrote: »

It either survives on tax and take no ads
Take ads but no tax

Should be one or the other. If survives on tax then like any household or business it needs to live within it's means

Why should the two be mutually exclusive? Why not use the govt funding & advert revenue to provide a good service?

Laviski

In the age of content on demand people don't want to pay to view adds, tv license is basically a mandatory subscription (once fg or ff have their way) as such we shouldn't be subjected to adds.

They need to learn the live within their means.

Other media station do this without the license fee and still provide basic public service.

bobbyss

I'm not great at technology but the RTE player is getting bad reviews. Dee Forbes herself today said it was poor.

Why is it bad?
What does it not do well?
What should it be doing well?

PopePalpatine

bobbyss wrote: »

I'm not great at technology but the RTE player is getting bad reviews. Dee Forbes herself today said it was poor.

Why is it bad?
What does it not do well?
What should it be doing well?

I heard there's this yoke called Flash Player that can help them.

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RTE has increasingly distanced itself from the Irish people and now serves an elitist cronyism that most people despise. As long as they act like this, the people will not support them. RTE expect the Irish people to pay their licence fees and sit and watch whatever THEY DECIDE we should watch and push whoever they decide they should push to us. For example, Mike Denver is just an ordinary wedding singer no better or worse than the 1000s more like him but because he knows someone who knows someone in RTE, he is pushed at us until kingdom come. Change is needed and if RTE want to survive as a proper station, they need to stop alienating the people and preaching down to the people.

horse7

Did anyone hear marion finuchan show today,I get the impression rte may go on strike. So does anyone think we could live without rte?

vixdname

No sure what difference anyone in RTE going on strike would make TBH.
If the cash isnt there it isnt going to be there during or after a walk out either.
Could we live without RTE, yes, do I think itd be good if RTE went under, no, almost every country has a national broadcaster, we'd look pretty bad if we couldnt afford to keep ours.
There obviously needs to be some major cultural and financial changes within RTE going forward if its to survive, going on strike would achieve nothing

horse7

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Compare RTE to TG4 to see what can be done on a lower budget.


Except the news. RTE do TG4's news.
Just like ITN does the news for Channel 4 and Channel 5.

If you want the news in Irish watch tg4, why have it on rte1, channel 5, channel 4 do their own news.

Atlantic Dawn

bobbyss wrote: »

I'm not great at technology but the RTE player is getting bad reviews. Dee Forbes herself today said it was poor.

Why is it bad?
What does it not do well?
What should it be doing well?

It's set up to harvest advertising cash but the way it's working is useless. Take for example if you wanted to rewatch last nights Late Late Show and only the last 15 minutes, you can't just skip to the last 15 minutes, you have to run through the adverts in order to get to it, so you spend about 5-10 minutes watching ads to get where you want to be. It's clear zero customer testing took place for their opinions, it's also clear no RTE staffer uses it.

horse7

Repeats of repeats, sell it or get rid of it.

gmisk

This looks like the best thread to discuss the below story.

https://extra.ie/2022/09/08/news/blaithnaid-ni-chofaigh-harassment

So this case has now been withdrawn.

Her reputation is already in the toilet with regards bullying...the big question is...why are RTE still giving her work?