Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion

Mr. John Reynolds:

As a group we have always engaged with technology. Certainly from when I was an apprentice electrician until now technology has changed massively, homes have become far more automated and what people watch television on has completely changed. No longer is it the television mounted on the wall. It is the smartphone, it is on the move, it is the snippets and it is on social media platforms. We have engaged with that, especially in RTÉ across the years. In the time that I have been in RTÉ we have gone from a 4:3 standard to widescreen, to online, to satellite and to all the various platforms. Most workers in RTÉ have an appetite to engage with technology going forward, including AI, but obviously not at the expense of good, well-paying jobs.

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