Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

They've just cut news as usual for August. No evening or late night news on 2FM, but sport reports? no news on RTÉ2.

Name an Arts show?

Name a Drama?

Name a Comedy?

This is perhaps one reason why you shouldn't fund PBS from the exchequer, people don't notice it, I'd say few people realize that Channel 4 is owned by the British Government or that TG4 is not part of RTÉ. Indeed TG4 lost funding only to have it replace by a portion of the license fee between 2011 and 2018.

What happens with the NSO as part of the NCH is there anyway of getting them to explain how they have used their money, and do we have audience who could potential complain when they are not providing a service?

Here we go again... FFS...

Dee Forbes really needs to get her own house in order ( or be replaced ! )

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Public service media 'so important to Ireland' - Forbes

http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0818/1241522-rte-season/

"RTÉ's Director General has said there needs to be a meaningful solution to the sustainability of public service broadcasting."

... That sustainability comes from cutting rediculous and unnecessary expenditure - paying €3m to ten people, not to mention circa €300k remuneration to herself, is not what I consider to be helping to sustain our public service broadcaster 😳

Also, what happened to those pay cuts that were proposed (but rejected by the staff back in April - surprise surprise) ... Does Dee just get to say, ah sorry, we asked the staff and they declined, so we can't do anything more?

Ireland is such a tiny market for Netflix that if they even tried that they would just say yeah no thanks and block their service in Ireland cue everyone using a VPN to still get the service

It's just another example of RTE wanting everyone to give them money for a substandard service and to service their luvvies

3pm during the summer months.

Did you not know that spelling, reading, writing or math is no longer required to be educated shur? That enforcing any of those 4 requirements for passing is racist?

In the Radio forum there was a thread on one of their radio newsreaders, which as closed because it might offend him

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058196188/newsreader-danny-keown-rte

interesting , i certainly wouldn't be impressed if i logged in here and saw a thread "ash j williams, the worst artificial cattle inseminator in ireland" it's like a reverse linkedin , it would affect future employment prospects etc

True, but if Ash J. Williams could not impregnate after 2 years of manual masturbating a bull, there would be question for Mr. Williams employer as to why he was still only collecting sperm and not following it with the insemination of the cows. Not one calf after 2 years!

And TBH it is not a case of accent or even a case of mispronunciation, it is a case of the national broadcaster failing to train the person and/or help the person improve.

Do we have to tippy-toe around everyone these days. I suppose much like myself the newsreader is Dyslexic.

Hopefully Newstalk will listen to applications for newsreaders rather than just look at their CV/LinkedIN.

Nothing at all on RTE about the extensive flooding in retail outlets in Dundrum and Cornelscourt yesterday, must not suit their advertisers to report it. Their 'climate change' reporting must be filtered like the way they cover other 'cultural' topics.

This line up... Also, couldn't even spell Keelin Shanley's name right in the announcement. Fer gawd's sake.

Donnie the CNN superstar from Ireland has his own Doc on RTÉ, oh look there's a bandwagon, oh look RTÉ's trying to get on it.

RTE are now showing a series from CNN about Diana and the Royals, regardless of audience this isn't something that would generally be put on RTÉ. Virgin Media could easily buy and it would suit their ITV Royal love-ins. but you know that Andrew guy you'd not want to mention him or his problems.

It was paid for by the BAI with the use of the Licence Fee, rather then making content they invest into academic reports.

I am not sure I understand the Euronews turn. They usually use RTÉ news' own theme during the day.

RTÉ seem to have a problem with news bulletins on TV in the morning, they can't give an answer as to why they don't or can't have a TV news bulletin except at the weekend at 1pm.

Very few enterprises would be so top heavy in the wage department

How unwoke from the normally ultra in your face woke organisation...

Weren't hiring non-relatives....

RTE is sorely in need of financial restructuring, IMO, but not being folded altogether. Anyone cheering on the latter is being pretty short-sighted because we're now in a world where everyone has their own customised singlular experience when it comes to the media they consume and chucking RTE would be to get rid of one of the last halfway shared thing amongst the general public.

My thought is that it should be funded purely by the TV license and the relevant cuts be made so that would work. If that means that Ryan Turbridy leaves to try his hand at cracking the UK market and that the channel can only broadcast for 10 hours a day, so be it.

"Now taking an axe to arts, documentaries, Irish language programming etc."

Pretty much already happened. You could ad Drama, comedy and children's TV to that list also.

And as soon as they bring the dog out, they'll interview the owner, ask about the dog's life... then bring out the vet who will then put the dog to sleep. 😭😭😭

Followed by Una Healy and Nathan Carter singing a cover of the Sarah McLachlan track 'I will Remember You'... but butchering it beyond belief.