17-11-2022, 03:37 AM
(16-11-2022, 11:24 PM)Rdd Wrote: Katie Hannon taking over the Monday night current affairs slot on RTE One. According to RTE’s blurb this isn’t just a programme, it’s a strand! Hmm…
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You're going to get a lot more of this strand stuff to justify the licence fee, RTE's viewing figures appear to have dropped off a cliff this year. They had a boost in 2020 when no one could go out, but since 2021, week after week the figures seem to get worse and worse. Talking to media friends it appears far fewer are watching the station outside of News and Sport. I'd be very interested to see what viewing figures are like if you stripped away Saorview-only houses and the over 60's.
Looking at Live Data for Adults for last week, The Late Late failed to get past 298,000, If you went back 3 years, that figure would have been around the 400,000 mark on a bad night. It's the same for the rest of the shows. Not one RTE 2 show broke 100,000.
Obviously, people consume Television in different ways now and I'm sure some people watch it on RTE player or clips on Social Media. But I don't think RTE really has the nation's pulse anymore. They don't seem to be connecting with most people under the age of 55.