RTÉ 6.1 News changes

The 'standing up for the intro' bit is just a bit silly IMHO. I know some the UK shows are doing it but really, just read the damn news.

icdg wrote: »

Now, I’m happy to admit that I am relying on Google translate to read that article, so I too maybe be misinterpreting. But if I am the dispute makes even less sense. TG4 have no power to demand that an RTE News programme on RTE use their branding (although I do realise that they are consenting to RTE’s use of their facilities). They would have to consent to RTE using their branding of course, but have now power to stop RTE using their own branding. Indeed that’s simply maintenance of the status quo, so there should be no dispute at all if that’s the case.

Go Harvey's interpretation was correct, RTÉ were the ones who pulled out of the deal. Tuairisc has been following this story for a while, including last July when John Williams (head of RTÉ News) was in Baile na hAbhann to announce the plans for the changes, including branding of 'Nuacht TG4 ar RTÉ'
https://tuairisc.ie/seo-chugainn-nuacht-tg4-ar-rteathru-mor-i-ndan-don-nuacht-ghaeilge-ar-theilifis/

Given that the agreement was reached and announced I think TG4 have every right to feel aggrieved that RTÉ are pulling out of the deal.

California Dreamer wrote: »

I actually think that Perry has gotten slightly better. There has been some subtle changes to her wardrobe and presentation style. Hope she improves more.

I had been thinking the same or was it I was not watching it all that much

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I've completely gone off the 6.1 lately.

I used to watch almost religiously when it was Dobbo & Sharon.

Me too, can't warm to either of them for whatever reason. And It actually shows how important a good presenter is to news shows. In fact, I'd actually rate TV3's bulletin as better than the current 6.1 incarnation.

Maybe it takes time to adjust, but this was a very risky move by RTE to make wholesale changes to the line-up. The previously untouchable 6.1 is now very vulnerable.

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Ray Kennedy in for Catriona Perry this evening,

Going forward this would be my preferred partnership.

If the rumour mill was to be believed that was supposed to happen and then a last second change!!!

Catriona Perry's voice goes through me. And I can't stand the overlong sign off which seems to be sacrosanct in the script.

The Irish Times is reporting that €1.7 million will be spent on upgrading the RTÉ News studio this year.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/rt%C3%A9-to-spend-1-7m-on-a-makeover-of-its-news-studio-1.3518907?mode=amp

The new improvements include

expanded floor space for new second news desk
new automated camera system
new video wall
new LED lighting
new graphics

And it will be done in it's current studio which is Studio 3. Successful tenderers must sumbit their interest by the 9th of July.

Will this include a new intro and music

Will the new improved set feature busty new weather girls?

I think that RTÉ News have tried to make attempts to be more relevant with their news output. I suppose to change the identity for RTÉ News could work in theory to bring in a new audience to their news bulletins. However it costed RTÉ an awful lot of money to have Studio 3 rebuilt in 2009 with something that was deemed to be a high tech newsroom at that time.

Spending €5 million of licence payer's money at that point was not something that was meant to be sneezed at when Ireland was going through the grips of a huge recession in nearly every part of the country. The move to build a new studio from the public at that was deemed to be controversial because they had concerns that RTÉ had to be prudent with their finances to keep their long term futures intact & not to bring in huge losses on it's books.

This message from the public appears to have failed to dissuade RTÉ up to now because they are currently struggling with big problems at the moment. They currently have a large deficit to manage in 2018 because they are currently experiencing a lot of financial challenges in TV Licence evasion & showing heavy losses in advertising revenue. They also spent a huge amount of money, literally tens of millions of euro, for the launch of Saorview in Ireland since the EU's DSO in 2012. A lot of people are questioning RTÉ's own reasoning behind this plan to build another new news studio for 2018 because they recently had shed staff through their various failed redundancy schemes to let go hundreds of staff behind the scenes in other departments.

RTÉ News is currently exempt from the current cutbacks at the broadcaster in which I think is a good thing to do at this time. Their standard of journalism & quality of output has been very good from the public's point of view. The public who heard this story from the mainstream Irish media today do seem to feel uneasy when hearing about another new refresh for RTÉ news. This is because RTÉ are clearly spending far more money than intended after they spent a small amount of money last time to have their current look in place since 2014.

I actually really appreciate the current look of RTÉ News right now rather than changing it to suit some accountants or news heads at the broadcaster. I say that because the quality of their bulletins has held up really well with itself with the public for over the last 4 years. The studio itself in the past nine years has gone through some big events in that time with a number of it's own newsreaders leaving RTÉ News to do other projects outside of it or having a serious illness, having two new female presenters for the Six one & having Bryan Dobson moving to Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.

I suppose RTÉ News having a new studio in place to be built during the summer will bring it to a brand new era of news output for the Irish public to experience from their homes. If RTÉ News want to bring that experience to the public's homes with a brand new look. It has to feel a whole lot better than their current look that they have right now otherwise it will become a failure and a huge waste of money.