- RTE, RTÉ, Rté, and Rte redirect here. For other uses, see RTE (disambiguation).
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (;
Radio [and] Television of Ireland; abbreviated as
RTÉ) is a
semi-state company and the national
public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. RTÉ also publishes a magazine called the RTÉ Guide, published weekly, and is orientated around RTÉ television and radio RTÉ is financed by a
television licence fee and through advertising. Some RTÉ services are only funded by advertising, while other RTÉ services are only funded by the licence fee. RTÉ is a statutory body, run by a board appointed by the
Government of Ireland. General management of the organisation is in the hands of the
Executive Board headed by the Director-General. RTÉ is regulated by the
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Radio Éireann, RTÉ's predecessor and at the time a section of the
Department of Posts and Telegraphs, was one of 23 founding organisations of the
European Broadcasting Union in 1950.