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| Original author(s) | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
| Developer(s) | RTÉ |
| Initial release | 21 April 2009 [1] |
| Stable release | 0.17.437.439[2] / August 10 2011 [3] |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Requires Adobe Flash Player, available for: Windows (XP and Vista) Mac OS X Linux (Streaming) PlayStation 3 |
| Type | Television catch-up |
| Website | rte.ie/player |
RTÉ player is an on demand video service provided by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) for programmes broadcast on RTÉ Television. RTÉ player is available in two formats; one for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and another format for international audiences. The service provides news, current affairs, entertainment, sport, local and international dramas.[4]
On 2 September 2011, RTÉ announced they would launch a similar platform of their digital radio stations under the name RTÉ Radio Player.[5]
The service allows viewers to watch programmes from 7 to 21 days after they are broadcast.[6] It was launched on 21 April 2009.[7]
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More than 200 hours of programmes from all categories of RTÉ broadcast schedule are available on RTÉ player,[6] most of which are not available to web users outside the island of Ireland.[8] But in January 2010, news, sport and flagship entertainment programming were released to world-wide audiences. According to RTÉ, it is "one of the first broadcasters in the world to launch a comprehensive international online TV catch-up service."[9]
Popular soap operas are available on a 7 day catch-up basis, while home produced entertainment and children's programming is available for 21 days. All RTÉ News and Current Affairs output and RTÉ Sport shows including The Sunday Game, Monday Night Soccer and OB Sport are available.[7][10][10]
In late 2009 RTÉ began putting more and more international programming on RTÉ player. When initially launched RTÉ had already secured rights for online streaming for many British and Australian shows such as EastEnders and Home and Away. They then launched some American programmes with exclusive online showings of Season 1 and 2 of AMC's Mad Men. Other US shows soon followed such as Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Lost and Desperate Housewives and Blue Bloods.
On 14 December 2010, RTÉ Player became available on Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PSP console.[11]
An app for iPhone and iPad was launched on 22 December 2011.[12]
As part of TV50, RTÉ intends to launch as many as 20 archive programmes each month of 2012 via the RTÉ Player.[13]
RTÉ has been unable to show its popular soap opera Fair City on RTÉ player for a number of months. An agreement had been made to allow the show appear on the service for a week after broadcast on RTÉ One, however RTÉ are now in discussions with Actor's Equity to provide the show online in the near future, the statement on the Fair City website reads like so:-
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