RTE Launches Online News Channel

Irish broadcaster RTE has unveiled its new 24-hour online news channel which will form part of its proposed media player service.

RTE News Now offers breaking news stories, bulletins and current affairs programmes which can be watched live or on-demand.

According to the Sunday Business Post, the broadcaster is also planning to use the channel to screen events which are currently not televised such as special debates in the Irish parliament.

In addition, RTE is in talks with mobile network carriers about making the 24-hour news channel available via mobile phones.

And a spokesman for RTE Publishing stated that the news channel will add to its present content by including entertainment, business and sports news by the end of this month.