ENSURING the Six Nations and Heineken Cup will be shown on terrestrial TV will make the games available to a significantly greater number of people than if they are broadcast on subscription channels.

RTÉ director general Bob Collins is to retire seven months ahead of schedule. Mr Collins was due to finish his seven-year term next April. However, he announced yesterday that he would be leaving the organisation in October.

THE government has made a bad mistake by allowing Sky dominate digital television, according to a former chairman of the RTÉ authority.