Hate The Player Not The Game

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Jody writes:

Why is RTÉ Player showing me a crude mobile phone video clip apparently taken from some tourist of a  crocodile show somewhere in Asia when I’m meant to be seeing Nine News? The 30 second clip repeats 3 times before the news and 3 more times during what I assume is meant to be an advert break. I didn’t bother waiting for the weather forecast.

Anyone?

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29 thoughts on “Hate The Player Not The Game

    1. ahyeah

      I knew it, but didn’t know it was the general consensus. Genuine question – why? How come a supposedly major TV channel can’t get something so basic together?

      1. parky mark

        “How come a supposedly major TV channel can’t get something so basic together?”

        Track record? Too much spent instead on wages for mediocre talent? Lack of internal technical ability?

  1. Digs

    Well why don’t you look elsewhere for your free content instead of sharing your crushingly boring discoveries here?Easy solution really.

  2. Murtles

    Jerry the intern was probably in charge of Player content last night. Your blessed you didn’t get a Brazzers clip.

  3. Slightly Bemused

    I stopped using RTE Player shortly after it came out. 3 ads to see your content is took much, so I sympathise with getting the the same ad 3 times!

    I also won’t use any of the ‘papers’ vid links. A 30 second ad to view a 10 second piece? I have more to do with my time. I checked one time and it was faster to google the same clip elsewhere and view it than it took the ad to run.

    1. David

      If RTÉ player’s content is “free”, then adverts pay for it, presumably, so no-one can complain.

      But there’ll be a stink if they introduce this broadcast tax yet still insist on adverts. One or the other, not both.

      1. Eiresand

        RTE has been doing it for years on radio and tv – taking the licence fee and advertising revenue. Why would you think it will any different online?

        1. David

          I don’t but that doesn’t mean I can’t protest.

          Taking the licence fee whilst bombarding with adverts is Josephine Public subsidising big business; it’s one of the many good reasons I’ve never had a tv.

          Those in charge naturally refuse to acknowledge this unwarranted bounty – people have put up with it forever, so why disturb the cash cow?

  4. Custo

    Remember when the player went offline with ten minutes to go in the Ireland v Bosnia playoff & never came back? Or when it repeatedly crashed and was unavailable during the London Olympics? Or when they cut out during extra time during the World Cup qtr final and didn’t get back in time for the penalty shoot out?
    It’s a heap of sh1te. And they never apologise.

    I might not be a fan of TV3 but their player never crashed once during the rugby world cup.

  5. Truth in the News

    They are not recruting the technical staff and not training those with apditude
    to develop the skills, by the ways when will RTE emulate the IFA and publish
    what the Dobsons and Ni Bheolins are on…..?

  6. RockyRoader

    Somebody repaired the server with a few crocodile clips, all from the same pack, so of course they’re all the same.

  7. some old queen

    If you complain about the speed of the RTE player and the fact it never plays more than 10 seconds without stopping, you’ll get the same answer. The problem is on your side. The fact it doesn’t happen with streams from half way across the world is not accepted as a response it appears.

  8. Kieran NYC

    In fairness when I moaned about an RTE program ad (for the Star Wars guy radio doc) on YouTube being unavailable outside Ireland the other day, someone spotted my comment on here and fixed it.

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