[vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] RE: [vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] RTÉ launches catch-up TV service

  • From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney@xxxxx>
  • To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:40:41 +0100

Hi,

Not as experienced as our esteemed Mod Tim but I find it quite confusing indeeed!

Don't think that that you are going to get a better critique than that but I may be wrong!

Continued success

Tony
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:18 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] RE: [vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] RTÉ launches catch-up TV service


Hi Mark,

Had a quick look and to be honest,  while I'm sure its   usable  if you know
what you are doing,  Its pretty horrible right now.

Obvious problems:

1.  poorly designed flash with loads of unlabelled buttons.
2.  There seems to be a sort of calendar, whereby I assume,  you can
navigate  to dates and times of shows,  but  I can't seem to figure out how
it works.  Also  the  calendar  entries  are interspersed throughout  the
flash content.
3.  The page constantly seems to be refreshing, throwing up  random  shows
which you can watch.
4.  I attempted to watch a programme  by clicking  on  the button
associated with the programme name.
5.  Details  of when   the programme was aired, the date until which it was
available,  along with other details such the programme website etc were
displayed.
But I couldn't figure out how  you actually got the programme itself to
start playing.   Its probably done using one of those unlabelled buttons,
but I don't have the time or the interest to start  systematically clicking
buttons in the hope I strike lucky and hit the  'play' button.

In short,  it's a load of rubbish.

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Magennis
Sent: 22 April 2009 14:46
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] RTÉ launches
catch-up TV service


Tony,

To use the new RTÉ player, go to http://www.rte.ie/player/.

Can I ask everyone to try it and report on it's accessibility, good
and bad. I will take this information to RTÉ and work with them on
fixing any problems.

Mark


On 22 Apr 2009, at 00:32, Tony Sweeney wrote:

Hi Flor,

Thank you for bringing that to us on the list!

Now, How can we access that?

Do you have a handy link for us?

Tony
----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:39 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] RTÉ launches catch-up TV service


RTÉ launches catch-up TV service
--------------------------------------------------------------------
A new catch-up web TV service has been launched on RTÉ.ie.   The
RTÉ player
gives Irish broadband users the opportunity to watch their
favourite RTÉ
television programmes for up to 21 days after broadcast.    It was
developed
with a view to delivering a new and improved service to reflect
audience
needs and to offer viewers more choice in how they watch programmes.
More than 200 hours of programmes from all categories of the RTÉ
broadcast
schedule are available to view.   News and sports fans can watch
all RTÉ's
news and current affairs output and get free access to RTÉ's top
sports
shows including The Sunday Game, Monday Night Soccer and OB
Sport.   The
player is a beta release - it is the first version released outside
the
organisation that developed the software, for the purpose of
evaluation and
testing.     Commenting on the launch, Executive Director of RTÉ
Publishing
Múirne Laffan said: 'This is an exciting new opportunity for Irish
viewers
to access their favourit
e programmes whenever they want.   'RTÉ player will enhance our
service to
existing and new RTÉ audiences, extending the availability of our
programmes
and addressing the challenge to consumers' viewing habits beyond
traditional
appointment to view.   'This is a significant enhancement to the
consumer
experience offered on RTÉ.ie and we expect a subsequent growth in
usage and
traffic, which will in turn offer commercial advertisers
opportunities to
reach audiences in new ways,' she added.   RTÉ.ie has an average of
55m page
impressions per month and 2.3m unique users.



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