Tens of thousands of people have been following the Operation Transformation plan this year with almost half a million people regularly tuning in to watch as our leaders made the life enhancing journey toward health and fitness.
And this year we’re sticking with them.
Operation Transformation is going year-round for 2016 with a multi-platform approach to helping people keep motivated on their journey to well-being.
For the next 12 months there will be regular updates on our leaders’ progress, new seasonal recipes and exercise plans, and, most importantly, we will be keeping up contact with all the communities and groups who have been following the Operation Transformation plan since the start of the year.
You’ll find Operation Transformation at major national events, parkruns nationwide, and on RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2FM. Our Facebook and social media accounts will be updated with interesting and engaging content, linking in with communities and the activities of our groups. We’ll also be tracking the country’s progress in ditching the collective spare tyre for the Million Pound Challenge*
Glen Killane, Managing Director, RTÉ Television said: “Operation Transformation has gone from strength to strength this year and it continues to be an example of how RTÉ, through a public service initiative that utilises every part of the organisation, can have a real, positive impact on Irish people’s lives. I am delighted that this year RTÉ is continuing to stand by the tens of thousands of people who follow the Operation Transformation plan by connecting with them through radio, online and social and ensuring that they remain motivated throughout the year. Hopefully, it will lead to a fitter, healthier nation in 2016 and beyond”.
In its ninth year, Operation Transformation remains one of RTÉ’s most popular initiatives. On RTÉ One, audience figures are up year-on-year with the latest figures showing a consolidated average** of 489,900 people watching the programme, up from 475,300 last year. The show has also increased its share*** to 29.5 per cent, up from 26.6 per cent last year.
The Operation Transformation website – www.rte.ie/ot – has had more than 6.7 million page impressions since the programme launched on television on January 4th.
On Facebook, Operation Transformation now has more than 175,800 followers, and is particularly popular with women aged 25-34 years old. The show’s weekly reach on Facebook is north of 505,000.
On YouTube, 1.34 million minutes of Operation Transformation content has been watched since New Year’s Day. On Twitter the show has enjoyed 1.1 million impressions to date and has trended every night the programme has been broadcast.
On the RTÉ Player, there have been more than 303,300 streams of Operation Transformation and the Operation Transformation Extras to date. On average, every episode of Operation Transformation is streamed an average 22,000 times. There have been 50,000 streams of the Operation Transformation Extras to date with the group work-outs proving the most popular.
More than 21,000 individuals and 750 groups, some with more than 100 members, have signed up for the Million Pound Challenge and to date they have lost 71,519 pounds.
Note To Editors:
*Million Pound Challenge – The Million Pound Challenge is inspired by the city of Oklahoma where Mayor Mick Cornett put it up to his citizens to collectively lose one million pounds. It took the city four years but Operation Transformation is challenging the nation to do that in 12 months.
Ratings Source: TAM Ireland Ltd / Nielsen TAM
**Average audience – The average number of viewers across a programme or series, expressed in 000s. TV viewing is measured minute-by-minute, so the average audience is the average across all of these minutes
***Share – The percentage of the total audience watching television at the time