The future of RTE after Tubsgate.

I know.i could probably look it up somewhere but I'm inclined to laziness and also working but howuch is the full total of salaries/wages monthly or even yearly in rte does anyone know.

I don't think there's much to save cutting a few hours off fair city.

Rte is overstaffed imo. Too many of the same types all holding on for dear life knowing full well that's there's nothing cushier and better paid elsewhere.

I don't watch it myself but reducing Fair City by one episode a week makes zero sense to me. It'll have to be replaced by something for airtime? What will they replace it with? Most likely a re-run of killinaskully, of Room to Improve, which no-one will watch, so its a loss in advertising for them. By reducing one episode of FC a week, are all the actors getting a 25% reduction? Unlikely.

I used to enjoy watching the 6-1 news on plus one, because I was never home in time to watch it at 6pm. I'm sure I wasn't the only one. I'd say most people will switch over to Sky News instead, so more advertising gone.

Who knew that the Euros were on and then the Olympics. Honestly you'd wonder why the sports department decided to get those sports the other day.

I wonder if RTÉ could talk to the organisers of the Euros and the Olympics to maybe organise them every 4 years or every 2 years, not this really random way of every maybe 3 or 10, or I think once they had them back to back, I mean a more regular 4 years might be better no? Oh yeah, this is not unusual.

They've already cut DAB which didn't save much, they plan to cut the digital radio channels off Saorview which will save next to nothing, and cut the +1s which might actually mean a net loss

The FC actors are all staff now are they not - do they get the same salary regardless of number of episodes (after all, not everyone is in every episode anyway)

I presume the saving on Fair City is that by recording 4 episodes weekly and only broadcasting 3 that they have to employ the actors for less time. Apart from the actors categorized as staff ( Tony Thornley) etc the rest are only on 6 week contracts at a time and do Panto's etc. So by only broadcasting 3 episodes they can reduce the amount of time they might need certain cast members over the course of the entire year. For example if some actor was needed for 24 weeks to record 24 episodes that means rte will get 4 months of airtime out of that actor as opposed to 3. So as time goes on on an annual basis they will need less actors on a year on year basis.

The main actors are all on a 31 week contract... they are now staff. The only saving got is for contract writers, actors and some crew. What do the full time staff do when Carrigstown is a desert, you'd assume that with filming Fair City 4 eps a week that some of the writters might continue to write through the summer months, but then their are the other cuts that RTÉ are making:-

• RTÉ’s in-house Sunday evening summer factual programming will not be produced in 2024 

I assume this is The Summer Show ... would Fair City staff not move to this show?

• RTÉ will not produce an in-house Saturday evening entertainment show in the Spring of 2024

I don't really know what show they are talking about (Ask Me Anything), but again would staff who would normally work on Fair City not move over to this show for the 2 months fair city ioff the air

Not withstanding holiday (but both shows don't go out for a full 2 months one could be pre-recorded).

• Production of a third season of The Money List will be deferred until 2025 (a second season, produced in 2023 will air in 2024)  

Again an in-house production, why defer production if you have staff on hand due to the reduce number of Fair City episodes.

Is everyone on the Fair City set a contractor?

Or is it simple the Summer months that are the issue?

It would make far more sense to film Fair City from February to November, and not be around during the Winter months.

I dont currently have access to RTE on the TV, but I'll bear that in mind for when I do.

RTE defer The Young Offenders fourth season until 2025 as part of huge cutbacks

Does this, combined with the news about fair city suggest that neither of the productions turns a profit?

I'd love to know what was said here haha!

The young offenders is partly funded by the BBC. I wonder how they feel about delaying production.

If it's a 50/50 deal with BBC and RTE say they can't afford it this year, there's not a lot the BBC can do about it.

So you're saying that RTE will still pay to produce it but then it will be shown on BBC before it's shown on RTE?

Surely not!

Yes that's true but as Virgin Media has shown there are plenty here who will watch something that's been seen before on another channel. In the case of Saturday Night Takeaway many people watched an old repeat on Virgin Media while UTV Ireland had a brand new episode on.

The only survival advice I can give RTE is to remain impartial to all political groups in this country.

The new Polish government has liquidated the state broadcaster TVP. And in the UK the Tories are itching to do a number on the BBC and Channel 4.

There is obviously no love lost between Sinn Fein and RTE but RTE had better get with the programme when the Shinners get in.

I would say that the days of inviting a Sinn Fein spokesperson on a current affairs programme and constantly talking over them in a rude manner are probably over.

All terrestrial TV is in trouble. Younger crowd not using it anymore. On top of that RTE is looking for the licence fee and reducing its content/service!

Is there any indication of what imported programmes (other than Neighbours and Home & Away) that RTÉ will show in the first half of 2024?

In the break of RTE News at 6 - "Inside Penney's", a look behind the scenes at Penney's. Maybe there is an audience for this tripe?

Next up, "Inside Penney's Pt.2 - Inside Dunne's"

It's easy to resent paying a licence fee ( I currently do) when brain deadening stuff like this gets turned out.

(Yes, my opinion, perhaps loads of people looking forward to what 'Mary in stocktaking " did when they ran out of XL t-shirts. Or will it be more "Johnny in customer service " secretly fancies Maura (or Mick) in accounts.

Only time will tell.

2.7M lost over Toyshow the musical and it didn't get approval from the RTE board! Who was running the show?

Names redacted in the report.. Why? What action has been taken against those who went ahead with this without authorization? Who would have benefited if it had been a success?

Maybe but no study waa done beforehand

Pretty clear that little has changed other than a few firm words from Kevin and Siun about learning lessons and blah blah. Expectations are much the same, note that practically every interview with a senior politician these days has to end with a discussion on how great RTE is and the future of funding.

Anyone who made decisions about that show should have been fired yesterday. If they haven't already walked, speaking of which what happened to Coveney?

195m in 2022 went to RTÉ alone from the license fee in 2022.

The strategy to delay the showing of dramas which are already made to save money makes absolutely no sense.

People who don’t pay the TV licence have absolutely no business complaining about this or about any part of how RTÉ operates. They are part of the problem.

The most viable solution is to just include the licence fee on a utility bill. Does away with the licence free gathering process and keeps it well away from being funded by the exchequer.