Archive for the ‘Public Service Media’ Category
Friday, May 26th, 2006
RTÉ has announced significant changes to its afternoon and evening radio schedules on both Radio One and 2FM. It seems that staff are concerned at some of the changes, and I'm not too surprised.
First, certain well-liked shows, such as the Mystery Train, are being cut, which always leads to audience ...
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
An interesting piece in the Irish Times of the policy currently being followed by RTÉ regarding political advertisements - specifically their interpretation of how the ban on such ads is to be applied to charities.
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Thursday, March 30th, 2006
An interesting, and rather complex, challenge facing public service broadcasters is what services to provide to those outside the state in which they are based, and how to fund such services. The BBC has announced plans to generate advertising on bbc.com, which is to be the portal for those accessing ...
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Monday, March 20th, 2006
Disturbing news on the AFL-CIO blog about recent developments at NPR:Sister Barbara Krieger writes that NPR (National Public Radio) has shut down negotiations with its technical employees, represented by NABET-CWA Local 52031, and has implemented workplace changes without bargaining with the union despite an arbitrator's ruling to cease and desist.
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
I don't know Mary Finan, who has just been appointed the new Chair of the RTÉ Authority, but I was somewhat annoyed by this description by the Minister, on announcing her appointment:Mary Finan will bring with her a wealth of experience in business generally and communications in particular.Now, Ms. Finan ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2005
As if the annotated audio idea wasn't enough, today I got pointed towards details of the BBC's programme catalogue - a 7 million line database - which is being prototyped on a Rails framework. Of interest, of course, is that the database was developed and maintained by professional librarians, so ...
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Saturday, October 29th, 2005
Given my critical approach towards digital audio it's easy for people to characterize me as Luddite in tendancy. I'm not sure if it will help to say that I find this technology to be absolutely fascinating.
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
The BCI has launched its Sound and Vision grant scheme, after getting clearance for the EU under state-aid rules:All genres of programmes dealing with Irish culture, heritage and experience and adult literacy are eligible to apply for funding under the current scheme, including drama, factual and children's programmes. Funding ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
I've posted previously about RTÉ moves to provide services to Irish emigrants in the UK, and Labour TD Emmet Stagg's efforts in the area. I include his latest statement below.
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
Fionse has a very interesting piece about Irish language podcasting on their site. It seems that irish langauge material, by virtue of its particular niche, may be where the most pressure will come for podcasting by RTÉ - I know it was a large part of my interest in chasing ...
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