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Article: GERRY Ryan says he makes RTE millions in advertising revenue -- but nobody is rushing to take up a sponsorship deal with the highly-rated broadcaster who presented Friday night's Late Late Show for the first time.
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- Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2008
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No takers for 'Late Late' or Gerry Ryan shows
GERRY Ryan says he makes RTE millions in advertising revenue -- but nobody is rushing to take up a sponsorship deal with the highly-rated broadcaster who presented Friday night's Late Late Show for the first time.
The '559,000-a-year presenter is top of the ratings game, but after three months RTE has still failed to find a bidder for a '110,000 sponsorship deal.
In a depressing sign of the times, RTE television's biggest crowd-puller, the Late Late Late Show, has also failed to pull in a sponsor to replace embattled bank Halifax, which is believed to have paid '1.3m to RTE for the last two-year ...