Sands shift for broadcasting rivals

RTÉ and Sky share the same woes when it comes to competition from streaming services

Dee Forbes, the director general of RTÉ, must cut costs or grow revenue for the broadcaster to survive. But there are many important constituencies to deal with first

There’s no denying the fact that RTÉ director general Dee Forbes has her work cut out for her. There are only two ways to eliminate losses: cut costs or grow revenue. RTÉ is going to find it hard to do either. As signatures pile up on a petition to save Lyric FM, RTÉ management are facing the prospect of running into financial brick walls.

Services can’t be scrapped without a clamour from important ...