TI
Explains why the BBC haven't aired the last two then.
In name only, it ceased production over two years ago, and they have very slowly shown the remaining episodes since, with two left to air.
Explains why the BBC haven't aired the last two then.
CH
They must be losing money left, right and centre at this stage, It's no surprise that they cancelled IGT, as it was only getting about 170,000 viewers on average (over 15's). Reruns of Saturday Night Takeaway would get 100,000 with little or no cost. TV3 was close to closing when John Malone bought the station and things have gotten a lot worse since. Coronation Street has lost 33 per cent of it's audience over the last 5 years and that's with less competition as a third of Irish Households have no access to ITV or UTV.
Now that the station is part of the bigger Virgin Media empire they don't release their profit and loss. If it wasn't part of that group I would think it would close within weeks.
They paid up to double what RTE were paying for the Six nations according to press reports and RTE were making a loss on that product. Irish TV, in general, is in a sorry state outside of News and Sport. Only 10% of households have only Irish Stations via Saorview. If Saorview was turned off in the morning it wouldn't be a surprise if RTE and Virgin Media lost up to half their Audience. Neither RTE or Virgin Media are currently fit for purpose.
Now that the station is part of the bigger Virgin Media empire they don't release their profit and loss. If it wasn't part of that group I would think it would close within weeks.
They paid up to double what RTE were paying for the Six nations according to press reports and RTE were making a loss on that product. Irish TV, in general, is in a sorry state outside of News and Sport. Only 10% of households have only Irish Stations via Saorview. If Saorview was turned off in the morning it wouldn't be a surprise if RTE and Virgin Media lost up to half their Audience. Neither RTE or Virgin Media are currently fit for purpose.
JK
What is wrong with commercial television in Ireland - why did TV3 and now Virgin Media have problems maintaining a decent amount of home produced programming. It seems again RTE continues to have a stranglehold over Irish broadcasting. BBC is big here in the UK, but at least we do have a powerful ITV and Channel 4 to counter balance them. Ireland seems not to have a proper independent television alternative to RTE.
They must be losing money left, right and centre at this stage, It's no surprise that they cancelled IGT, as it was only getting about 170,000 viewers on average (over 15's). Reruns of Saturday Night Takeaway would get 100,000 with little or no cost. TV3 was close to closing when John Malone bought the station and things have gotten a lot worse since. Coronation Street has lost 33 per cent of it's audience over the last 5 years and that's with less competition as a third of Irish Households have no access to ITV or UTV.
Now that the station is part of the bigger Virgin Media empire they don't release their profit and loss. If it wasn't part of that group I would think it would close within weeks.
They paid up to double what RTE were paying for the Six nations according to press reports and RTE were making a loss on that product. Irish TV, in general, is in a sorry state outside of News and Sport. Only 10% of households have only Irish Stations via Saorview. If Saorview was turned off in the morning it wouldn't be a surprise if RTE and Virgin Media lost up to half their Audience. Neither RTE or Virgin Media are currently fit for purpose.
Now that the station is part of the bigger Virgin Media empire they don't release their profit and loss. If it wasn't part of that group I would think it would close within weeks.
They paid up to double what RTE were paying for the Six nations according to press reports and RTE were making a loss on that product. Irish TV, in general, is in a sorry state outside of News and Sport. Only 10% of households have only Irish Stations via Saorview. If Saorview was turned off in the morning it wouldn't be a surprise if RTE and Virgin Media lost up to half their Audience. Neither RTE or Virgin Media are currently fit for purpose.
What is wrong with commercial television in Ireland - why did TV3 and now Virgin Media have problems maintaining a decent amount of home produced programming. It seems again RTE continues to have a stranglehold over Irish broadcasting. BBC is big here in the UK, but at least we do have a powerful ITV and Channel 4 to counter balance them. Ireland seems not to have a proper independent television alternative to RTE.
JK
I notice that on Saorview, RTE has more channels than any other independent service. On the radio side, RTE radio channels are there, but no independent stations such as Newstalk 106 or Today FM, it is all just RTE. I say it again, RTE strangles competition, and this needs to be addressed now by the Irish government.
If their an Ofcom variation in Ireland that regulates Irish broadcasting?
Saorview = 11 television channels, of which six are RTE run. On radio there are 10 stations, 9 RTE stations and 1 Catholic station - no independents at all. Fair? No.
If their an Ofcom variation in Ireland that regulates Irish broadcasting?
Saorview = 11 television channels, of which six are RTE run. On radio there are 10 stations, 9 RTE stations and 1 Catholic station - no independents at all. Fair? No.
CH
There's nothing stopping Independents going on Saorview, they choose not to for good reason. There would be very few listeners for extra transmission costs. The reason that the Catholic station is on Saorview is that they have no FM licences plus Saorview only households are very much over 55 and their target market.
To be fair here RTE isn't stopping TV competition on Saorview, Why would any broadcaster go on it when they're already reaching 90% of the population If they're on Sat, Cable and Freeview. The example here would be the Channel 4 family of Channels.
The problem with Commerical TV in Ireland (as in Virgin/TV3) is poor, poor management. It's not RTE's fault, but they would do everything in their power to make you think it is. Irish Commerical Radio has no problem making profits against a much stronger RTE radio product.
I notice that on Saorview, RTE has more channels than any other independent service. On the radio side, RTE radio channels are there, but no independent stations such as Newstalk 106 or Today FM, it is all just RTE. I say it again, RTE strangles competition, and this needs to be addressed now by the Irish government.
If their an Ofcom variation in Ireland that regulates Irish broadcasting?
Saorview = 11 television channels, of which six are RTE run. On radio there are 10 stations, 9 RTE stations and 1 Catholic station - no independents at all. Fair? No.
If their an Ofcom variation in Ireland that regulates Irish broadcasting?
Saorview = 11 television channels, of which six are RTE run. On radio there are 10 stations, 9 RTE stations and 1 Catholic station - no independents at all. Fair? No.
There's nothing stopping Independents going on Saorview, they choose not to for good reason. There would be very few listeners for extra transmission costs. The reason that the Catholic station is on Saorview is that they have no FM licences plus Saorview only households are very much over 55 and their target market.
To be fair here RTE isn't stopping TV competition on Saorview, Why would any broadcaster go on it when they're already reaching 90% of the population If they're on Sat, Cable and Freeview. The example here would be the Channel 4 family of Channels.
The problem with Commerical TV in Ireland (as in Virgin/TV3) is poor, poor management. It's not RTE's fault, but they would do everything in their power to make you think it is. Irish Commerical Radio has no problem making profits against a much stronger RTE radio product.
LL
London Lite
Founding member
I'd suspect Virgin will continue to produce cheap and cheerful crud like The Six O'Clock Show, Xposé (itself cut to 1x60 per week), The Tonight Show and the AM breakfast shows to meet the Irish programming remit while continuing to air ITV shows from the UK to pad out the schedule.
JK
There's nothing stopping Independents going on Saorview, they choose not to for good reason. There would be very few listeners for extra transmission costs. The reason that the Catholic station is on Saorview is that they have no FM licences plus Saorview only households are very much over 55 and their target market.
To be fair here RTE isn't stopping TV competition on Saorview, Why would any broadcaster go on it when they're already reaching 90% of the population If they're on Sat, Cable and Freeview. The example here would be the Channel 4 family of Channels.
The problem with Commerical TV in Ireland (as in Virgin/TV3) is poor, poor management. It's not RTE's fault, but they would do everything in their power to make you think it is. Irish Commerical Radio has no problem making profits against a much stronger RTE radio product.
When I look as an outside at Virgin Media One channel, I see it is a version of ITV for the Irish republic, and that is the problem.
They are good at producing cheap studio based programmes, their online content is truly appalling, especially their news. It is as if they have not realised they have a news section on their website.
Virgin Media Ireland could be so much better, with even a little bit more money invested properly, and with an understanding of what each channel is for. It seems they have no idea what to do with Virgin Media Two and Three. Are they really needed?
I notice that on Saorview, RTE has more channels than any other independent service. On the radio side, RTE radio channels are there, but no independent stations such as Newstalk 106 or Today FM, it is all just RTE. I say it again, RTE strangles competition, and this needs to be addressed now by the Irish government.
If their an Ofcom variation in Ireland that regulates Irish broadcasting?
Saorview = 11 television channels, of which six are RTE run. On radio there are 10 stations, 9 RTE stations and 1 Catholic station - no independents at all. Fair? No.
If their an Ofcom variation in Ireland that regulates Irish broadcasting?
Saorview = 11 television channels, of which six are RTE run. On radio there are 10 stations, 9 RTE stations and 1 Catholic station - no independents at all. Fair? No.
There's nothing stopping Independents going on Saorview, they choose not to for good reason. There would be very few listeners for extra transmission costs. The reason that the Catholic station is on Saorview is that they have no FM licences plus Saorview only households are very much over 55 and their target market.
To be fair here RTE isn't stopping TV competition on Saorview, Why would any broadcaster go on it when they're already reaching 90% of the population If they're on Sat, Cable and Freeview. The example here would be the Channel 4 family of Channels.
The problem with Commerical TV in Ireland (as in Virgin/TV3) is poor, poor management. It's not RTE's fault, but they would do everything in their power to make you think it is. Irish Commerical Radio has no problem making profits against a much stronger RTE radio product.
When I look as an outside at Virgin Media One channel, I see it is a version of ITV for the Irish republic, and that is the problem.
They are good at producing cheap studio based programmes, their online content is truly appalling, especially their news. It is as if they have not realised they have a news section on their website.
Virgin Media Ireland could be so much better, with even a little bit more money invested properly, and with an understanding of what each channel is for. It seems they have no idea what to do with Virgin Media Two and Three. Are they really needed?
BR
What is the remit now in terms of Irish content on their three channels, and is it specific to each channel or the three as a collective? Is it just in terms of hours or is there a spend threshold too. I think Irelands Got Talent was around 15 hours of content, something VM1 could achieve for far less as 30 half-hour fillers in between Corrie.
I'd suspect Virgin will continue to produce cheap and cheerful crud like The Six O'Clock Show, Xposé (itself cut to 1x60 per week), The Tonight Show and the AM breakfast shows to meet the Irish programming remit while continuing to air ITV shows from the UK to pad out the schedule.
What is the remit now in terms of Irish content on their three channels, and is it specific to each channel or the three as a collective? Is it just in terms of hours or is there a spend threshold too. I think Irelands Got Talent was around 15 hours of content, something VM1 could achieve for far less as 30 half-hour fillers in between Corrie.