But it’s a change with a potentially dramatic denouement for RTÉ2, the channel previously known as RTÉ Two, Network 2 and, um, N2. It’s easy to see how the current RTÉ policy of reserving these “biggest sporting moments” for RTÉ2 can seem like an anomaly. Director-general Dee Forbes said what RTÉ wants is for RTÉ2 to become “a window” to the RTÉ Player. But she also revealed that what RTÉ wants is for the channel to become “a window” to the RTÉ Player. If RTÉ consolidates around RTÉ One, RTÉ2 will inevitably be rendered a more peripheral concernSince Malone decamped in 2016 to TV3 Group/Virgin Media Television, where he oversees all its content, RTÉ2 hasn’t had a channel controller in its own right.

Source: The Irish Times November 19, 2019 02:37 UTC