Committee Reports::Report No. 18 - Radio Telefís Éireann::07 May, 1981::Appendix

APPENDIX 15

RTE: TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

Percentage Distribution of Hours Transmitted


 

1975/76

1976/77

1977/78

1978/79*

1979/80*

Home-Produced:

 

 

 

 

 

Adult Education

...

...

0.3

0.1

0.3

Schools

...

...

...

2.4

2.4

3.1

1.6

0.8

Children

...

...

...

1.8

1.6

2.3

2.2

1.7

Agriculture/Others

...

...

0.6

1.4

2.1

1.6

1.5

Religion

...

...

...

2.8

2.6

2.0

1.8

1.5

Sport

...

...

...

...

10.0

7.9

9.4

6.0

7.9

News

...

...

...

...

9.5

9.4

9.7

6.6

6.8

Information

...

...

...

6.3

7.1

7.5

5.3

5.7

Serious Drama

...

...

1.1

1.1

0.6

0.8

0.7

Entertainment Drama

...

...

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.2

Serious Music

...

...

...

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

Light Entertainment

...

...

5.9

7.3

6.6

6.7

5.6

Sub-Total

...

...

...

40.8

41.3

44.2

33.3

32.5

Imported:

 

 

 

 

 

Adult Education

...

...

1.9

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.2

Schools

...

...

...

0.5

2.9

2.8

3.6

2.9

Children

...

...

...

10.0

5.0

9.6

6.9

6.7

Agriculture/Others

...

...

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

Religion

...

...

...

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

Sport

...

...

...

...

3.8

3.3

2.6

2.3

3.7

Information

...

...

...

3.1

7.0

3.4

7.1

7.8

Serious Drama

...

...

6.7

0.9

8.1

6.8

4.1

Entertainment Drama

...

...

7.3

20.1

10.7

19.5

21.4

Films

...

...

...

...

15.6

14.8

12.8

11.9

12.1

Serious Music

...

...

...

0.4

0.6

0.7

1.1

1.0

Light Entertainment

...

...

9.5

3.2

4.3

7.1

7.3

Sub-Total

...

...

...

59.2

58.7

55.8

66.7

67.5

Source: RTE Annual Reports


Note: Costs of various categories of programmes are set out in paragraph 110 (page 67).


*RTE 1 and RTE 2 TV