2008
advert free RTÉ International to air this year
RTE is preparing to launch its new station in Britain by the end of the year, providing Irish-made programming to the emigrant population. The new station - RTE International - will be available on free-to-air satellite service Freesat. The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) is to examine a proposal from RTE on the station tomorrow.
RTE International will broadcast a mix of programming from RTE One, RTE Two andTG4. It will broadcast for 12 to 14 hours a day and will run Irish news and current affairs programming, as well as lifestyle content. It is also likely to show some Irish-made dramas such as popular soap Fair City, although programming rights will have a considerable impact on content.
It is understood that strict rights arrangements with the GAA, for example, mean that there will be little or no sports content on the new station. The detail of programming and the various rights issues are being worked on by the broadcaster. The station will primarily have a public service role and is not expected to accept advertising.
The costs of setting up a sales office would be high, given that little interest from advertisers is expected. It will cost several million euro annually to run and, although RTE had been seeking extra funding for the service, it is expected to come out of its existing coffers. RTE International is on track to launch later this year and will have a low-key launch.
A service for the Irish diaspora has been touted for several years, but legislation fast-tracked through the Dáil, in 2006, explicitly required RTE to provide this service. The act did not limit the service to Britain, although it is understood there is no pressure on RTE to make the station available in other countries.
(Source: Sunday Business Post via Medianetwork) bolding added by rte2fta
wesley has made a Comment
Well Brian,
I just found a new, free to air, irish tv channel, “Rock-on-tv” it’s on sky channel 260, or for those with free 2 air boxes Freq 11343, Pole V, symbol rate 27.5, FEC 2/3.
How do I know it’s irish? I went onto the website: http://www.rock-ontv.co.uk/rockonmainsite/indexrock.php
it’s made by Eircom plc and most of, but not all, the content is repeats of planet rock profiles. there is a lot of recorded live music, and I think Rick Wakeman has something to do with it too!
anyway it looks like your wrapping things up in here, I noticed the poll is gone, and RTE free 2 air is on it’s way, that was your obvective after all, onto your next campaign no doubt, whatever that might be.
ok thanks for the info over the years. and sorry for kicking off over the math captcha thingy.
all the best, wesley
October 9, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
Brian Greene has made a Comment
its owned by Eicom PLC not Eircom. Lyngsat has it as a UK station. They are Listed in the AIM in London & I think they must be UK based to do that. Their address is Bristol UK. I guess they bought planet rock profiles cheap, and they are in no way Irish. I hate to slam it. It was a good try. I loved p-rock on 28E if its half as good as that I will look. Their web sites seems to be under designed & loaded with lots of text that spiders love.
Yep we may wind it up here when international happens, wait n see. thanks for the comment.
October 12, 2008 @ 6:13 pm