RTE News - Ireland

Interesting that Eileen jokingly resumed by saying "Take two." Very often on RTÉ News technical blunders either go unnoticed or result in anchors getting embarrassed - whereas this actually was a nice way of acknowledging it.

An error at the end too, however, where the camera was meant to physically move to the right while it panned to the left (keeping the desk roughly in the centre of the screen). Basically, it didn't move, but still panned - so we were treated to a view of the edge of the set and an autocue.

I note as well that RTÉ's newsround type program, news2day got a big overhaul in graphics as well. It's far more pleasing to the eye then the red/yellow set up, and it appears that they have moved into the RTÉ news studio as the background which was a Green screen is now a Barco screen. It looks good, although the presenter I saw at the time was as dull as ditchwater.
I have the watch here link although I don't know if it will work outside Ireland
http://www.rte.ie/tv/theden/news2day/news2day_av.html

The screens look better than N6, for sure.

Last week's problems with the audio are now on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfV_k3nn1UU&feature=related

Major cock-up just now on Prime Time. A pre-recorded interview with Máire Hoctor, Older Persons Minister, was shown - but a bum take went to air where Hoctor requested the piece be restarted shortly after it began. Miriam obliged, saying "don't worry, I do that kind of thing all the time." She also reassured Hoctor that "it isn't live".

Oddly, the bum take was then shown again, before the Prime Time holding screen appeared with the CA saying that the programme would resume shortly. The correct take then aired, with an apology strap.

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/prime_time_apology.jpg

After the interview, Mark Little added a live apology, saying that "occasionally we pre-record interviews to suit our guests, and sometimes, as you've just seen, our technology lets us down."

Did anyone see the interviews in the RTE guide? Sounds like some of the stuff in ret is pretty amateaur...... Dobbo looks ludicoru in them braces!!!!!

I'm sure it does, but in this case its more likely to have been the person operating it.

Just saw there that they are not sending Colm Murray to Cheltenham. I feel this is a disgrace on RTE's part and Paddy Power even offered to fund his and the news productions trip to Cheltenham and they still didnt accept it. Rte need to make cutbacks but they should be taken apppropriately

Alas, Questions and Answers (RTÉ version of Question Time) is going at the end of the series, a pity for many political junkies and will probably mean that John Bowman won't be seen between General Elections on RTÉ TV.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0310/rte.html

End of an era really, be interesting to see who and what will replace it, though i cant imagine it will be too removed from Q&A as to keep within the debating style of programming,

This is an absolute DISGRACE that the program has been taken off air and I will be writing an extremely strong worded letter to RTE about this. The ratings have been going up lately and it was the best political program in Ireland

I was travelling to work last week, on the DART, minding my own business. I notice someone get on and sit beside me. It was Dobbo himself, conducting a phone interview about RTE news on the train! Cut backs are so great their talent have to take public transport into the office.