Hi Mark, Great to hear that!I will try it later when I can give it the full attention it hopefully deserves!
Thanks Tony----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Magennis" <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:46 PMSubject: [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 serviceRTÉ launches catch-up TV service --------------------------------------------------------------------A new catch-up web TV service has been launched on RTÉ.ie. The RTÉ playergives Irish broadband users the opportunity to watch their favourite RTÉtelevision programmes for up to 21 days after broadcast. It was developedwith 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'snews 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 theorganisation 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 viewersto access their favourite 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 pageimpressions per month and 2.3m unique users. =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message.To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org=========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message.To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org
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