Children’s TV: The Changes

The 1970s saw a gradual breakdown in the postwar social system in the UK. The economy contracted, inflation rose while incomes fell and unions took increasingly dramatic steps to demand more money for their members to compensate. Rubbish piling up in the streets, the dead unburied- these are the stuff of apocalyptic visions.

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Free the News: 2nd Email to RTE re News Footage Agreement

On the 7th April, I sent an email to the Director General of RTE about a proposal to allow National Newspaper of Ireland websites access to the News footage of the National Broadcaster. Following a reply today from the Head of Corporate Communications, RTE I have sent this follow up email. *****Dear Mr Dawson, Many thanks for your response.

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Request sent to RTÉ DG today

FAO: Noel Curran,Director General,RTE,Donnybrook Dublin 4Re: Making RTE news footage available to 3rd partiesDear Mr Curran, I write further to a report in today's Irish Times headlined "RTÉ to offer free TV news to Ireland's newspaper websites".

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