Incidentally I think this is the first year in living memory that RTÉ News Online and RTÉ Aertel News have been updated on Christmas Day - usually they've taken the day off.
In today's Irish Indo it reports that rte is to open a new state of the art studio at the beginning of March with plans to have a 9am news bulletin. Is studio 3 getting revamped, it will be 3 years old on Feb 9th. The article says ' a new state-of-the-art studio is to be opened by the state broadcaster at the start of March, which plans to have a 9am TV news bulletin. (Irish Independent)
RTE News has generally revamped itself every 3 years...wow has it been that long already? Their current look is fantastic (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than their coffee look previously).
I really hope they don't alter things too much. Their current set is really fantastic and with the space they have they really to utilise it to the maximum. I don't know if a 9am bulletin is necessary. Would love to see them take on TV3 and launch a breakfast programme.
I really hope they don't alter things too much. Their current set is really fantastic and with the space they have they really to utilise it to the maximum. I don't know if a 9am bulletin is necessary. Would love to see them take on TV3 and launch a breakfast programme.
Its too late, by that stage most people (that still have jobs) have gone to work or are bringing the kids to school etc (most schools in Ireland start around 9:00). The amount of people watching a bulletin at that time are likely to be minuscule. They'd do better to reinstate the 9:00am extended bulletin on RTÉ Radio 1 that was axed at some point (I think 1999) as more people are likely to be in their cars than watching TV at that point.
RTÉ have completely missed the boat regarding breakfast TV - they spent years in negotiations with the unions, at one point were going to farm it out to an indie, and then whilst they were doing all this talking, TV3 came along, launched Ireland AM and have effectively cornered the market. There isn't really any point in RTÉ doing something unless they plan on being a harder alternative to Ireland AM (more BBC Breakfast News 1990s-style to be honest). And if they DO do that, they are only canibalising Morning Ireland's massive listenership anyway.
3 years already? This current look has held up very well. A certain Broadcasting Corporation who happen to be British could take note on how to use a large screen behind your news readers.
A wonderful programme done by Colm Murray depicting his terminal disease of Motor Neuron. What a committed broadcaster he is and has been for RTÉ throughout the years. His love of broadcasting has meant that although he is wheelchair bound and struggling with speech he still maintains a behind the scenes presence. An inspiration to us all.
A wonderful programme done by Colm Murray depicting his terminal disease of Motor Neuron. What a committed broadcaster he is and has been for RTÉ throughout the years. His love of broadcasting has meant that although he is wheelchair bound and struggling with speech he still maintains a behind the scenes presence. An inspiration to us all.
Seconded. Colm's dignified and pragmatic perspective to his life which emerged in the documentary is truely inspiring - his questions put forward to the scientists showed he remains an astute and consummate journalist. His philosophy of "the triumph of life over all the obstacles that are there in front of you" is something we should all live by.
The documentary, "MND: The Inside Track" is available on RTÉ Player until 13th February. If you have a spare 45 minutes, please take the time to watch it:
Just flicked onto Sunday's One O'Clock News on RTE One, and I see that its being presented by Siun Nic Gearailt in front of an unusual CSO newsroom backdrop. I presume its coming from TG4's Nuacht studios in Galway . . . didn't realise Galway was ever used for RTE English language bulletins.
Incidentally the CSO backdrop used was not the same as the one used for Nuacht RTE during the week, but it is rather nice.
Just flicked onto Sunday's One O'Clock News on RTE One, and I see that its being presented by Siun Nic Gearailt in front of an unusual CSO newsroom backdrop. I presume its coming from TG4's Nuacht studios in Galway . . . didn't realise Galway was ever used for RTE English language bulletins.
Its not. Nic Gearalit presented the Six-One from the usual studio tonight so presumably she was in Montrose. She usually is based in Galway, though. For Nuacht (which has come from Galway for the last year or so) they just CSO the normal backdrop although they obviously avoid wide shots.