Hardly a surprise, he was the only candidate considered. And fun fact, he went for DG before but Dee Forbes got the nod over him.
Hopefully, he aspires to reform RTE to stand on its own two feet, instead of taking the lazy option of whinging to the government about getting yet more funding from the taxpayer…
I worked for RTÉ when he was in temporary charge, he was generally well liked by the grunts but not so much by management. I’m surprised he got the job, they would’ve given it to anyone else if they could.
It’s like Succession. Except if they picked Tom.
New regime for Radio 1. Step one: replace Ray D’Arcy with Viper Higgins
Step two: replace the tubridy show with ambient rainforest sounds. We don’t care what books you’ve read or series you’ve binged watched.
Step three: bring back the old pat kenny theme song but with with more pizazz.
What’s his salary?
How long before he says RTE needs money.
We’ll never have another DG with as good a name as D4bes.
He’s former Ofcom which is likely a GCHQ front.
Another British spook being given high power lucrative position.
We have just lost RTÉ to the British empire.
Recent article about Ofcom I just seen elsewhere on reddit:
How long before we’re hearing why we should join the commonwealth and how it will only be superficial gesture?
“Mr Bakhurst said he is honoured and delighted to take up the role and was “confident” that despite the huge challenges and global competition RTÉ faces”
1st problem right there rte and never going to be able to compete with Netflix or Disney best off funding low budget Irish shows but it won’t happen
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Hardly a surprise, he was the only candidate considered. And fun fact, he went for DG before but Dee Forbes got the nod over him.
Hopefully, he aspires to reform RTE to stand on its own two feet, instead of taking the lazy option of whinging to the government about getting yet more funding from the taxpayer…
I worked for RTÉ when he was in temporary charge, he was generally well liked by the grunts but not so much by management. I’m surprised he got the job, they would’ve given it to anyone else if they could.
It’s like Succession. Except if they picked Tom.
New regime for Radio 1. Step one: replace Ray D’Arcy with Viper Higgins
Step two: replace the tubridy show with ambient rainforest sounds. We don’t care what books you’ve read or series you’ve binged watched.
Step three: bring back the old pat kenny theme song but with with more pizazz.
What’s his salary?
How long before he says RTE needs money.
We’ll never have another DG with as good a name as D4bes.
He’s former Ofcom which is likely a GCHQ front.
Another British spook being given high power lucrative position.
We have just lost RTÉ to the British empire.
Recent article about Ofcom I just seen elsewhere on reddit:
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/WhatsApp-Calls-for-UK-Government-to-Reconsider-Online-Safety-Bill/647895/
How long before we’re hearing why we should join the commonwealth and how it will only be superficial gesture?
“Mr Bakhurst said he is honoured and delighted to take up the role and was “confident” that despite the huge challenges and global competition RTÉ faces”
1st problem right there rte and never going to be able to compete with Netflix or Disney best off funding low budget Irish shows but it won’t happen
A steady hand on the RTE ship of shite