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Is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926,
Making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. RTÉ also publishes a weekly listings and lifestyle magazine, the RTÉ Guide.
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RTÉ is a statutory body, overse by a board appointed by the Governmt of Ireland, with geral managemt in the hands of the Executive Board, headed by the Director-Geral. RTÉ is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. RTÉ is financed by television licce fee and through advertising, with some of its services funded solely by advertising, while others are funded solely by the licce fee.
Radio Éireann, RTÉ's predecessor and at the time a section of the Departmt of Posts and Telegraphs, was one of 23 founding organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950.
This section deals with the history of RTÉ as an organisation. For details on this history of the various services see the separate articles on those services. For the history of the broadcasting service prior to 1960, see Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and RTÉ Radio 1.
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Broadcasting in Ireland began in 1926 with 2RN in Dublin. From that date until June 1960 the broadcasting service (2RN, later Radio Éireann) operated as a section of the Departmt of Posts and Telegraphs, and those working for the service were directly employed by the Irish Governmt and regarded as civil servants.
RTÉ was established on 1 June 1960 (as Radio Éireann) under the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960, the principal legislation under which it still operates. The existing Radio Éireann service was transferred to the new authority, which was also made responsible for the new television service (Telefís Éireann). The television service started broadcasting on 31 December 1961, from the Kippure transmitter site near Dublin. Eamonn Andrews was the first Chairman of Radio Éireann, the first director-geral was Edward Roth. The name of the authority was changed, at the suggestion of Áine Ní Cheanainn, to Radio Telefís Éireann
Section 113 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 changed the name of the organisation from Radio Telefís Éireann to Raidió Teilifís Éireann, to reflect the currt standard spelling of the name in Irish.
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The É in RTÉ is oft pronounced as the glish letter E. However, É in Irish is pronounced like ay. (Example: NCI/CNÉ)
Under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960 the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs of the day could direct RTÉ not to broadcast any matter, or any matter of any particular class.
In 1971 the first such directive was issued by Gerry Collins, directing RTÉ not to broadcast any matter that could be calculated to promote the aims or activities of any organisation which gages in, promotes, courages or advocates the attaining of any particular objective by violt means.
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A year later Collins dismissed the tire RTÉ Authority over a report of an interview with Seán Mac Stíofáin, the chief of staff of the Provisional IRA. RTÉ reporter Kevin O'Kelly had reported, not broadcast, his taped interview with Mac Stiofáin. He was jailed briefly for contempt in a court case arising out of the interview wh Mac Stiofáin was charged with IRA membership. O'Kelly refused to idtify Mac Stiofáin's as the voice on his unbroadcast interview. The tape had be seized from his house by the Garda Síochána (police).
In 1976, Section 31 was amded by Conor Cruise O'Bri as 1973-77 Minister for Posts & Telegraphs. He issued a new annually-based directive to the RTÉ authority, prohibiting the broadcast of interviews or reports of interviews with spokespersons for, or represtatives of, Sinn Féin, the IRA and other named organisations.
RTÉ was also banned from broadcasting interviews or reports of interviews with spokespersons for any organisation banned in Northern Ireland under the UK's Northern Ireland (Emergcy Provisions) Act 1973. The directives were reissued on an annual basis, up to January 1993.
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During the late 1970s, RTÉ was accused of extding the csorship rules into a system of self-csorship. A small minority of programme-makers also emerged who approved of Section 31, particularly supporters of the Workers' Party (formerly Sinn Féin the Workers' Party), including Eoghan Harris, and Gerry Gregg who opposed that party's official policy. Opponts of csorship were portrayed as secret IRA sympathizers, including th reporter, later Irish Presidt, Mary McAleese. She described the experice as, the most difficult, the darkest, the worst time of my life.
The effect of the Section 31 ban was more severe than the csorship provision introduced in 1988 in the United Kingdom. The UK ban prevted the direct speech of csored individuals. Broadcasters th used actors' voices to dub the recorded speech of csored persons. This was not permissible on RTÉ, which was prevted from broadcasting 'reports' of interviews. British broadcasters interpreted the term 'spokesperson' more loosely than RTÉ, which banned all Sinn Féin members whether or not they were speaking on behalf of the party. The BBC interviewed Sinn Féin Presidt Gerry Adams as MP for West Belfast on 1 October 1990, speaking on unemploymt in his constitucy. Larry O'Toole, th an ordinary Sinn Féin member, mtioned this in a letter to RTÉ Director of News Joe Mulholld on 30 October 1990, after O'Toole was banned by RTÉ as a spokesperson for striking bakery workers. O'Toole th challged the RTÉ ban in the High Court.
In 1992–93, in O'Toole vs RTÉ, RTÉ was found by the High Court and Supreme Court to have illegally and unconstitutionally extded the csorship ban to Sinn Féin members who were not speaking on behalf of Sinn Féin. The RTÉ ban did not affect UK stations broadcasting in the Republic of Ireland as, until 1988 at least, viewers in the Republic were still able to hear the voices of Sinn Féin represtatives.
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In 2004, RTÉ and the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources agreed that in future, RTÉ would operate under a Public Service Broadcasting Charter.
On 29 June 2005 the Minister appointed the members of a new RTÉ Authority, replacing the previous one appointed in June 2000. Fintan Drury, chairman of Platinum sports managemt, and also chairman of Paddy Power plc, was appointed chairman of RTÉ. The other members of the Authority are Maria Killian, Patricia King, Ian Malcolm, Patrick Marron, Una Ní Chonaire, Emer Finnan, Steph O'Byrnes and Joe O'Bri. The new Authority would hold office for not more than three years. On 11 January 2006, Fintan Drury resigned as chairman of RTÉ, citing a pottial conflict of interest in his role as an advisor to the organisers of the Ryder Cup golf tournamt and as chairman of a broadcaster involved in a row over broadcasting rights. This occurred after Irish governmt proposals to add the tournamt to the list of sports evts which must be broadcast on free-to-air terrestrial television, to which British Sky Broadcasting, the rights holders, were objecting. On 22 February 2006, Mary Finan was appointed Chairperson
In 2006, RTÉ was involved in a High Court case relating to refertial bidding in relation to sponsoring weather forecasts: Smart Telecom PLC trading as Smart Telecom v Raidió Teilifís Éireann and by order Glanbia PLC.
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In September 2006, the Governmt published the proposed text of the Broadcasting Bill 2006. It proposed that RTÉ and TG4 would become separate companies limited by guarantee, with the Minister as sole member of both companies (CLGs do not have shareholders). RTÉ would be legally obliged to agree a charter every five years and publish a statemt of commitmts every year, and be under the jurisdiction of the proposed Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The bill was delayed, but was finally introduced into Dáil Éireann on 14 April 2008. The Broadcasting Act 2009
Retains RTÉ as a statutory corporation, but ramed the RTÉ Authority as the RTÉ Board and made changes to the way it is appointed. It also ramed the corporation Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
With the Irish Times noting that this thereby fixed a spelling error that lasted 40 years. In the meantime, the Broadcasting (Amdmt) Act 2007 awarded RTÉ control of one multiplex for digital terrestrial television and giving it responsibilities in relation to broadcasting outside the state. In line with this, RTÉ and the governmt were currtly in discussions with regard to a new channel proposed for to launch outside the Republic, which initially had the working titles of Diaspora TV, and later RTÉ International.
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In April 2007, TG4 became an indepdt statutory corporation, having previously be a wholly owned subsidiary of RTÉ since its inception. RTÉ continues to contribute programmes to the channel, including Nuacht TG4.
In July 2007, RTÉ began participating in a HD trial in Dublin, showing programmes such as Planet Earth and Gaelic Athletic Association matches. RTÉ announced its plan to launch two further television channels; one geral tertainmt channel – RTÉ Three (working name) – and a timeshift service for RTÉ One – RTÉ
