The Late Late Gay Byrne Irish Television Thread

What studio is being used for Virgin Media Two's coverage for the Europa League match between Frankfurt & Arsenal?

They only have the two, as far as I know.

Virgin Media have Studio One which is the original studio opened by TV3 in 1998. It is a general purpose studio, and still has the window into the newsroom which has been there since the studio opened in 1998.

Their second studio is their largest at 5,000 Sq Ft and has been used for audience based shows as well as their non audience base shows.

Compared to the eight TV studios and two sound stages RTE have, Virgin Media are limited in their studio space, but it works for them.

I wonder if The Late Late Show would have amended their opening titles this week? Last week we saw the botched version of the iconic tune return - surely someone at RTE would have seen how crap it looks and re-jigged it for this week? Oh, maybe not, as it is RTE.

Nope, still botched. Awful titles. They had the opportunity of doing something great and iconic, and they totally missed it by miles. I think it sums up RTE as a whole.

I couldn’t see them changing for the remainder of the season. That would be admitting they made a mistake in the first place. Best hope is that they do it properly next season, though I wouldn’t rule out them going back to the Brian Byrne arrangement (still being used at breaks) if Tubridy is still at the helm.

Today is back tomorrow for its 8th season after a 4 month break.
They’ve got a new set and a new logo, probably some new titles and theme music aswell.
Here’s an article from RSVPlive.ie
https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/tv-film/rte-today-with-maura-daithi-20141968

I see Blathnaid Treacy has left Virgin Media's Xposé to join Today as their reporter.

I wonder how long before that new set is moved to Montrose studios in Dublin, if they close RTE Cork? I suspect the closure of RTE Cork studio will not happen until summer 2020 when Today has ended for the season, and if the show returns in September 2020 it will be at RTE Television Centre in Dublin.

This is the new today logo.



Here it is in a video

We're back Monday @ 3:30pm! #rtetoday #kettleon #chat #craic #maura #daithi pic.twitter.com/xkmhc4nDsr

— Today (@RTEToday) September 18, 2019

RTE say they are going to produce around 160 editions for the new season. which will take it up to May 2020. Today seems to be a reasonable success for RTE One afternoons. I do think from September 2020 we will see Today moved to Dublin, if the closure of RTE Cork is followed through.

Dublin would be a better location for it I'd imagine.

If they wanted to get some interesting guests on for a start.