For those who still watch RTE and those who have stopped watching and still have to pay their €160 TV license fee each year, you may have taken part in their “Have Your Say” online survey.
RTE asked for your opinions so they can formulate what they call their Public Service Statement. The survey took the form of pre-defined questions which were constructed with a positive bias towards RTE. Terms like “highest editorial standards” and “being autonomous in all areas of programming” were used.
The RTE survey did not ask questions about RTE salaries of their employee and self employed presenters.
Some highlights from the RTE survey;
“High quality news: 97% say it’s important that RTÉ provides high quality national and international news and current affairs that is accurate, fair, impartial and objective”
“Independence and accountability: 94% say it is important that RTÉ is independent from political, commercial and other influences”
You can view the final results here
Here are the questions RTE asked in their survey:
If you don’t have time to “Have Your Say”, you can read the survey questions below.
How often do you personally:
• Watch RTÉ programmes or other content live or on-demand?
• Listen to RTÉ programmes or other content live or on-demand?
• Read any RTÉ content such as written news, blogs, and other articles, available online and on mobile?
• Use any other RTÉ service?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:
• Audiences should have access to a broad range of high quality content that is from Ireland?
• RTÉ is an organisation people in Ireland can be proud of?
• RTÉ is an important part of Irish life?
• It is important for Ireland to have public service media?
Please rank how important each of the following principles should be in guiding how RTÉ operates as a public service media organization. Please rank in order of importance to you personally:
• Providing a platform Ireland’s creative talent and culture
• Creating content which reflects the diversity that exists in Ireland
• Being accountable to the public and its stakeholders
• Supporting innovation and creativity
• Being independent from political, commercial and other influences.
• Striving for excellence in everything it does
• Acting in the best interest of society
• Being for everyone and available to everyone
How important do you think it is that RTÉ provides:
• A mix of programmes or content for example entertainment, drama, music, sport and comedy as well as more serious news, current affairs and documentaries?
• RTÉ archive material documenting the heritage and everyday life of Ireland being accessible in all formats (video, audio, and written)?
• Free-to-air television and radio services?
• Programmes and other content to listen to live or on-demand?
• The survey does leave space for adding your own comments?
• A wide range of written news, blogs, and other articles, available online and on mobile?
• Access to live and recorded performance from its orchestra?
How important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that RTÉ supports innovation and creativity:
• Providing high quality and relevant programmes and content?
• Providing a mix of programmes and content to entertain us or make us laugh?
• Collaborating with the independent production sector and other external partners?
• Encouraging innovation, experimentation and originality in programming?
• Providing quality documentaries that get the nation talking?
• Ensuring RTÉ audiences can enjoy the highest quality audio, video and on-demand services?
How important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that RTÉ delivers on striving for excellence:
• Ensuring programme makers adhere to the highest editorial standards across all of RTÉ’s content?
• Attracting and developing the most talented people to create content for Irish audiences?
• Providing a mix of original programmes and content for children?
• Ensuring RTÉ’s content and services are as accessible as possible to everyone?
How important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that RTÉ delivers on universality:
• Providing a mix of programmes and content in both English and Irish?
• Ensuring people with disabilities can access RTÉ programmes and services?
• Providing programmes and content that cover a wide range of interests?
how important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that ensuring RTÉ is accountable:
• Publishing its strategy and its objectives for each year?
• Ensuring RTÉ is managed in line with best-practice?
• Providing the opportunity for the public to provide feedback and/ or make complaints?
How important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that RTÉ is independent:
• Providing high quality national and international news and current affairs that is accurate, fair, impartial and objective?
• Holding those in authority to account?
• Being autonomous in all areas of programming, editorial decision-making?
How important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that RTÉ acts in the best interest of society:
• Creating shared experiences through content and services that help bring the community together?
• Facilitating debate on views and ideas, that contribute to a democratic society?
• Contributing to an informed society through helping us to understand both Ireland and the wider world?
How important do you feel each of the following activities is in ensuring that RTÉ promotes Irelands diversity and culture:
• Providing live coverage of both mainstream and minority sports?
• Reflecting the diversity of religious life in Ireland?
• Providing coverage of events of national interest across culture, politics, sport, and other areas?
• Providing a platform for Ireland’s artists, musicians and culture?
• Telling our stories through quality original drama?
• Creating content that reflects the diversity that exists in Ireland?
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