Annual Reports - RTÃ
Annual Reports - RTÃ
Annual Reports - RTÃ
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ANNUAL REPORT & GROUP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2007<br />
What We Do<br />
RTÉ is Ireland’s Public Service Broadcaster. It is the distinctive leader in Irish media,<br />
providing comprehensive and cost-effective free-to-air television and radio services to<br />
the Irish public, in Irish and English, which are of the highest quality and are impartial in<br />
accordance with RTÉ’s statutory obligations. These services include:<br />
RTÉ operates two complementary free-toair<br />
television channels:<br />
• RTÉ One - the home of authoritative<br />
television news and current affairs<br />
coverage of national and international<br />
stories. A comprehensive range of homeproduced<br />
Irish factual, entertainment,<br />
drama and lifestyle programming is<br />
complemented by selected acquired<br />
material.<br />
• RTÉ Two - a mixed-genre channel<br />
appealing to niche audiences across<br />
the schedule. During daytime its<br />
primary focus is children and sports;<br />
in the evening it targets viewers of a<br />
young mindset with innovative drama,<br />
entertainment and key acquisitions.<br />
RTÉ operates four radio stations:<br />
• RTÉ Radio 1 - with news, information,<br />
feature strands, debate and sport.<br />
• RTÉ 2fm - the national leader in talk and<br />
popular music for the under-35s.<br />
• RTÉ lyric fm - a classical music and arts<br />
channel.<br />
• RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta - an Irish<br />
language service, similar in content to<br />
RTÉ Radio 1 but with special attention<br />
paid to traditional music and local news<br />
in the various Gaeltacht communities.<br />
• RTÉ provides independent, accurate<br />
and impartial news and current affairs<br />
programming, in both languages, across<br />
all services, including radio, television<br />
and RTÉ.ie.<br />
• RTÉNL - provides a national transmission<br />
network, for RTÉ Radio and Television,<br />
TG4, TV3 and Today fm. It also rents<br />
tower space on its masts to local radio<br />
stations and a range of entities involved<br />
in broadband, mobile phone networks,<br />
the emergency services etc.<br />
RTÉ Publishing operates three of<br />
Ireland’s leading media services:<br />
• RTÉ Guide - the best-selling Irish<br />
weekly magazine.<br />
• RTÉ Aertel - the leading free-to-air<br />
teletext service.<br />
• RTÉ.ie - the most popular media<br />
website offering a range of free web<br />
based Online services.<br />
RTÉ is a major contributor to the arts in<br />
Ireland, and operates five performing<br />
groups:<br />
• RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.<br />
• RTÉ Concert Orchestra.<br />
• RTÉ Vanburgh Quartet.<br />
• RTÉ Philharmonic Choir.<br />
• RTÉ Cór na nÓg.<br />
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