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WH
whoiam989
Virgin Media (TV3) has a new thread, so shouldn't this thread become the RTÉ and TG4 thread?

15 days later

BK
bkman1990
A trailer for the new series of Winning Streak has appeared on RTÉ One. Hint Hint! New set & new intro with new logo are in it.
JK
JKDerry
A trailer for the new series of Winning Streak has appeared on RTÉ One. Hint Hint! New set & new intro with new logo are in it.

New set, new intro, same dire format. Five Irish men and women who don't want to be on camera, are forced on to set, sit awkwardly on their chairs, bring a stilted and cold conversation with Marty Whelan, win a **** load of money, at least 20,000 Euros along with cars, holidays, and the chance of spinning the wheel and scooping a tax free fortune, but act as if they won 50 Euro on their local church hall bingo. It is a show that should have been scrapped when Mike Murphy retired as host, nearly 17 years ago I think. New show needed, new format, sadly RTE will not change it radically.
JK
JKDerry
8.15pm - Saturday 22nd September 2018 on RTE One. Up against a bit of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, and X Factor on ITV or Virgin One Ireland - I would like to know how well Winning Streak does in the ratings for RTE?
BK
bkman1990
Ploughing live is back for half an hour each night with Marty Morrissey & Aine Lawlor on RTÉ One on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday night this week for The National Ploughing Championships from Screggan; Co. Offaly. It will mean that Nationwide will not be shown on Wednesday night. It will be shown on Monday & Friday night instead. The rest of the schedule this week is normal.
BR
Brekkie
Ploughing live is back for half an hour each night with Marty Morrissey & Aine Lawlor on RTÉ One on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday night this week for The National Ploughing Championships from Screggan; Co. Offaly. It will mean that Nationwide will not be shown on Wednesday night. It will be shown on Monday & Friday night instead. The rest of the schedule this week is normal.

Only in Ireland.
CH
chinamug
8.15pm - Saturday 22nd September 2018 on RTE One. Up against a bit of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, and X Factor on ITV or Virgin One Ireland - I would like to know how well Winning Streak does in the ratings for RTE?


During the Autumn it has about 300,000 (over 15 years of Age) viewers a week, that falls a bit as it goes into Spring and early Summer. However, like all RTE programmes it's seen a drop in audiences over the last 5 years. It used to be well above 400,000 at this time of year. Having said that it probably has a core audience of 200,000 who will watch it no matter what.

The X factor on Virgin Media One is on around 150,000 (over 15's) which is down on last year about 20 percent, but you'd have to give that a few weeks to see if it builds audience which it can do.

I don't know the figures for Strictly, I will say everyone in an office I was working in last week in Galway (90% Female staff) were watching and talking about it. I did see somewhere last year that Match of the Day on BBC1 regularly gets over 120,000 on a Saturday Night.
GA
Gallunach
Ploughing live is back for half an hour each night with Marty Morrissey & Aine Lawlor on RTÉ One on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday night this week for The National Ploughing Championships from Screggan; Co. Offaly. It will mean that Nationwide will not be shown on Wednesday night. It will be shown on Monday & Friday night instead. The rest of the schedule this week is normal.

Only in Ireland.


Really so what are these

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbzv0g

http://www.bbcsomali.com/blogs/wales/entries/30cbbd63-a25e-32b2-8acc-af464f4dcf6a

https://twitter.com/AnneLundon/status/1010240104353423360

http://news.cision.com/yorkshire-agricultural-society/r/bbc-s-the-one-show-to-come-live-from-the-great-yorkshire-show,c9800570
JK
JKDerry
8.15pm - Saturday 22nd September 2018 on RTE One. Up against a bit of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, and X Factor on ITV or Virgin One Ireland - I would like to know how well Winning Streak does in the ratings for RTE?


During the Autumn it has about 300,000 (over 15 years of Age) viewers a week, that falls a bit as it goes into Spring and early Summer. However, like all RTE programmes it's seen a drop in audiences over the last 5 years. It used to be well above 400,000 at this time of year. Having said that it probably has a core audience of 200,000 who will watch it no matter what.

The X factor on Virgin Media One is on around 150,000 (over 15's) which is down on last year about 20 percent, but you'd have to give that a few weeks to see if it builds audience which it can do.

I don't know the figures for Strictly, I will say everyone in an office I was working in last week in Galway (90% Female staff) were watching and talking about it. I did see somewhere last year that Match of the Day on BBC1 regularly gets over 120,000 on a Saturday Night.

Strictly is not shown on any Irish channel right? Unlike X Factor which TV3 later now named Virgin Media One have the rights. So, people in the Irish republic have to watch Strictly on BBC One via Sky, Freesat, Virgin, Eir or Vodafone?
CH
chinamug
8.15pm - Saturday 22nd September 2018 on RTE One. Up against a bit of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, and X Factor on ITV or Virgin One Ireland - I would like to know how well Winning Streak does in the ratings for RTE?


During the Autumn it has about 300,000 (over 15 years of Age) viewers a week, that falls a bit as it goes into Spring and early Summer. However, like all RTE programmes it's seen a drop in audiences over the last 5 years. It used to be well above 400,000 at this time of year. Having said that it probably has a core audience of 200,000 who will watch it no matter what.

The X factor on Virgin Media One is on around 150,000 (over 15's) which is down on last year about 20 percent, but you'd have to give that a few weeks to see if it builds audience which it can do.

I don't know the figures for Strictly, I will say everyone in an office I was working in last week in Galway (90% Female staff) were watching and talking about it. I did see somewhere last year that Match of the Day on BBC1 regularly gets over 120,000 on a Saturday Night.

Strictly is not shown on any Irish channel right? Unlike X Factor which TV3 later now named Virgin Media One have the rights. So, people in the Irish republic have to watch Strictly on BBC One via Sky, Freesat, Virgin, Eir or Vodafone?



That would be correct but as 90% of Households would have access to BBC 1 almost everyone that wants to see it, can see it. 10% of households only have the Irish stations on Saorview. If they were not counted in the ratings RTE and Virgin Media would have fairly embarrassing viewing figures.
IR
irisscanner
Bit of an ident blunder from TG4.
https://streamable.com/yrezh
To help those who don't speak Irish, the ident was the lead into the news which reported the unfortunate death of a woman who's holiday caravan was picked up by a storm and thrown down a cliff.
DE88, bkman1990 and Brekkie gave kudos
JA
JAS84
Yeah, definitely not appropriate then to show an ident in which a giant monster kicks a caravan into the sea! Shocked

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