UPDATE: Another year, nothing has changed. You are not worthy of the country you serve. We’ve been putting up with your half-baked, phone-it-in act for half a century.

Add technology to the ever growing list of things RTE can’t or won’t do, like comedy, news not from Dublin, or criticism of the government.

This excrescence of an app will hang unexpectedly, blare out ads at inopportune moments, and never fail to crash at any crucial moment. You’d better not suffer from blood pressure. Maybe they’ll have got a professional outfit to build this app. But you think, “Maybe it’ll be different this time. Why do we expect anything different? You download this app, tentatively, knowing that RTE will put out any old rameis and call it lunchtime. The app will automatically adjust video quality based on the speed of your WiFi connection.Īn excrable mediocrity – but what else would you expect from RTE? The RTÉ Player App uses streaming technology which means that you must be connected to the Internet in order to watch programmes. We are continually looking to clear rights and add new programmes. While most RTÉ Player content can be accessed through the app, some programmes may not be available due to rights restrictions. The RTÉ Player App supports AirPlay so you can watch programmes on the big screen using Apple TV. You can save programmes as a favourite and pick up on a programme where you last viewed. You can browse programmes by name, category, date or latest. Social sharing features allow you to share programmes via email, Facebook and Twitter. You can watch selected programmes live from RTÉ One, RTÉ 2 and RTÉ News Now plus catch up on a wide selection of programmes broadcast on RTÉ Television for up to 21 days after transmission. Watch the best of programmes broadcast on RTÉ Television with the RTÉ Player App.

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