under a new working title ‘Diaspora TV’ RTÉ International got a welcome from rte2fta.com yesterday. The petition for RTÉ to follow its own guidelines and go FTA is gathering pace with 295 signatures (probably due to the exposure RTE2FTA is getting via the diaspora tv press release & the RTÉ MW closure). This has me…
unpopular decisions v deciding to serve the unpopular
Hats off to RTÉ who see a future for MPEG4 on DTT. RTÉ don’t do visions they receive apparitions. There has been mention of MPEG4 in the tender docs for the 3 commercial mux. It would seem that RTÉ favour MPEG4 and the possibility of HD. This is a good thing and is forward looking.…
[Rpt] Osez Joséphine – Alain Bashung
first seen on FTA MTV idol 13East Hotbird (Sunday, August 5th, 2007)
so longwave has more reach?
RTÉ claim Longwave has more reach that medium wave. LW travels further than MW during the day, but not at night. But more reach? Reach means getting onto more radios. As MW radio ownership in so much greater than LW radio ownership (based on manufacturing figures researched here) Medium wave will always have greater reach…
killing MW to save DAB
in reply to Wave of protest engulfs RTÉ to the persons who commented and doubted the validity of the British Journalists claim on NI reception of RTE. The 600,000 people in the Greater Belfast area knew MW was the only way to hear radio 1 on a portable radio. RTE knew this and were forced…
[Rpt] Mother Board
first invented for children’s entertainment and folksy guitar playing this model went on to greater things. {final upgrade of eprom chip before switch on} shane hegarty has a election piece on time past over on the ireland.com blogs
Ireland to blunder on DTT like ONdigital?
RTÉ FREE TO AIR [get this badge] [update: more structured version of this post is here rte2fta.com ] text of an email to Cllr. Mark Dearey of the Green Party Co. Louth Mark, I hope you are the correct person to contact in regard to this matter Is Ireland about to make the same DTT…
cue blog awards music
i was asked to post the sound cues used to accompany winners walk from the floor to the stage during the irish blog awards ceremony 01/03/08 – a good few winners were not in attendance which means two things. 1. the awards are not rigged by table sales (no tables €5 in) 2. my sound…
Tuesday’s Child
great cause great music 31 tracks on 2 CDs