Comments on: Trouble for RLTV?

By: Yet another insider

Yet another insider — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:26:12 +0000

Mr. Erickson, owner of the Erickson empire that includes his many well-run retirement communities around the country, as well as RLTV, is going to have to make a painful decision. Either replace the ineffective top management team at RLTV or scrap his dream of a television network for senior citizens. Many of us in the company know we are saddled with ineffective top management, that allows office politics to largely dictate how middle management and below are managed. Also, get rid of the useless, know-nothing, high-priced consultants, like the one for the web team, and get professionals in there that know what they’re doing and put the overall goals of the company as first priority.

By: Another Insider

Another Insider — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:20 +0000

Web group layed off (and so was Renee Beck)

By: An Insider

An Insider — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:15:52 +0000

Moral is low with layoffs and rampant favoritism by top supervisors

By: James Gower

James Gower — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:28:33 +0000

In the early Fall of 2007 RLTV contracted with the Nielson rating company to conduct a private ratings survey. It was touted throughout the company as a way to show how the fledgling network was gaining a ratings foothold. However, nothing was ever heard of the results, except in upper management. Obviously the results weren’t good or the company would have been crowing about them … at least to their own employees. I believe this was a wakeup call to Erickson about continuing to be an unlimited ATM machine for a television network that was going nowhere.

By: Renee Beck

Renee Beck — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:34:47 +0000

I can assure you as I sit here in my office RLTV is not going “belly up”. We are striving to re-focus our efforts to finalize our distribution deals. Our original programming efforts are decreasing, however we still have several series in production including our cornerstone daily live show “Daily Cafe”.

Please feel free to contact our PR department. You can reach Kimberly Simmons at 443-430-8948 for any further clarification.

By: Someone Who Knows

Someone Who Knows — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:48:10 +0000

The cable fax report is probably talking about the last round at the end of April… What about the new ones, Mrs. Beck?

By: Renee Beck

Renee Beck — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:28:21 +0000

Please also see Cable Fax report from 5/12 – more of an accurate assessment of situation at RLTV:

Pink Slips: Retirement Living TV let about 30 people in production and production support go recently. The net said
the reason behind the moves are that 3 shows—“Another Chance for Romance,” “The Florence Henderson Show” and
“What’s Next?” are on hiatus (meaning it’s possible staffers could be rehired). The net still has 4 shows in production.