Director general Kevin Bakhurst plans to increase independent commissioning to €70m a year. That means fewer programmes will be made in-house
Fair City's Sharon and Hayley : production of the soap is set to move off-site under Kevin Bakhurst's plan. Photograph: RTÉ. “People might be cynical” that the public service broadcaster will make the changes it says it will, he acknowledged, but RTÉ has made some “significant” ones of late and is now on the cusp of its “third age”.
As he unveiled his fleshed-out 2025-2029 strategy to RTÉ employees, Bakhurst said production of the in-house soap would relocate off-site as part of a reduced RTÉ presence in Donnybrook – but also that independent production companies would be invited to discuss the possibility of making it for RTÉ. The ageing studio infrastructure at Donnybrook, meanwhile, points to the logic of retreating to the end of the campus near the Nutley Lane entrance and broadcasting flagship shows such as the Late Late from external studios, rather than plunging taxpayers’ cash into major upgrades.
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