17-11-2022, 11:01 AM
This was always going to happen with RTE - they have been far too complacent. Thinking viewers will come to them. RTE lack the British thinking of modern television, just look at how BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have really bolstered their on demand output.
RTE schedules are appalling - seems like they don't want to spend any money on decent programming anymore, relying on old, tired formats. Placing their bets that the Irish still want a 2 hour talk show on a Friday night, forgetting that modern attention spans has changed a lot since Gay Byrne retired as host in 1999.
Their lack of a proper breakfast schedule provision, and their reliance on imports/repeats has made the decline even worse.
I look at RTE from a British perspective here, and I think RTE needs a serious revamp for it to survive.
Here in Britain, the BBC has a royal charter for it to exist, and it doesn't run out until December 31st 2027 - does RTE have a similar arrangement with the Irish government, a special contract, as I am sure it needs to be changed if it does.
RTE schedules are appalling - seems like they don't want to spend any money on decent programming anymore, relying on old, tired formats. Placing their bets that the Irish still want a 2 hour talk show on a Friday night, forgetting that modern attention spans has changed a lot since Gay Byrne retired as host in 1999.
Their lack of a proper breakfast schedule provision, and their reliance on imports/repeats has made the decline even worse.
I look at RTE from a British perspective here, and I think RTE needs a serious revamp for it to survive.
Here in Britain, the BBC has a royal charter for it to exist, and it doesn't run out until December 31st 2027 - does RTE have a similar arrangement with the Irish government, a special contract, as I am sure it needs to be changed if it does.