World in Action output. For the first 35 years of its existence, ITV had a near-monopoly of television advertising revenue. Roy Thomson, who ran Scottish Television famously described ITV as a "licence to print money". In return for this income, the broadcasting regulator insisted that the ITV companies broadcast a proportion of their programmes as public service TV. Out of this was born the network's reputation for serious current affairs, eagerly grabbed by programme makers under Granada's founder Lord Sidney Bernstein. Some of the most prominent figures in 20th-century British broadcasting helped to create "World in Action", in particular Tim Hewat, "the maverick
RTÉ News and Current Affairs channel is also available on train services within Dublin city and surrounding regions under a special agreement between Irish Rail, Transvision and RTÉ. Previously, Sky News provided such a service. RTÉ have studios and offices in the following locations: "Nuacht RTÉ" newsreaders include: Politics RTÉ News and Current Affairs RTÉ News and Current Affairs (), is a major division of Raidió Teilifís Éireann and provides a range of national and international news and current affairs programming for RTÉ television, radio and online and also for the independent Irish language broadcaster TG4. It is, by far, the largest and most popular