During other periods, live current affairs programmes such as Prime Time are shown. The channel airs live news programmes such as Six One, as they are broadcast on other RTÉ channels, along with weather forecasts. The channel also airs the latest breaking news stories from Ireland and around the world. The remaining programming on the channel serves as a replay service of the most recent news, sport and weather bulletins, the streaming of raw feeds of breaking news stories and ' filler' programmes such as 'news headlines'. The channel regularly simulcasts live news bulletins and current affairs programmes as they are broadcast on RTÉ One, and also that of the children's news programme RTÉ News2Day which airs on RTÉ2. Such a proposal needs government approval. In January 2015, it was reported that RTÉ intend to ask the Minister for Communications to allow them carry advertising on RTÉ News Now as part of an overhaul of the service. RTÉ News is currently one of two RTÉ channels that does not carry advertising. In 2017, Head of News and Current Affairs at RTÉ Jon Williams suggested that he could discontinue RTÉ News Now to save money and therefore in August 2020, he re-branded the channel as RTÉ News. Upon the announcement in February 2011 that RTÉ News NOW would become a permanent fixture to the Saorview line-up a number of media organizations criticized such a move claiming RTÉ would continue to have a monopoly over news output within Ireland. Since Octothe channel is available free-to-air to 98% of homes throughout the Republic of Ireland through Saorview. Previously, Sky News provided such a service. The channel was made available since May 2010 on train services within Dublin city and surrounding regions under a special agreement between CIÉ and RTÉ. Availability of the channel improved during test trials of Saorview in December 2009. RTÉ News NOW was originally available only to online users of the RTÉ website and on mobile phones when the channel launched on 12 June 2008.
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