[Rdd]

Speaking about the pres on tv, RTE2 at least has an identity, albeit one that’s quite stale - the pres is almost 10 years old and it’s the longest the channel has ever had in its history. Its problem is that it’s suffered death by a thousand cuts- while the pres reflects its old “youth” identity those programmes are now mostly gone from the schedule and it’s not clear outside of the sports and kids output who the channel is for. Looking at its prime time output and it seems to be mainly composed of imports that are fit around the sports.

RTE One has the opposite problem, while its programming is still strong, is a mess pres-wise - while the 2006 idents have now largely been retired (finally), it has elements of the 2014 mini-rebrand still remaining along with other stuff that has been introduced piecemeal in more recent years. It really needs a revamp now, but I don’t think it will get one, because RTE can’t really be seen to spend money on presentation.