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RTÉ.ie is the brand name and home of RTÉ's online activities, located at the URL http://rte.ie. The site began publishing on 26 May 1996. According to RTÉ, it operates on an entirely commercial basis, receiving none of the licence fee which funds much of RTÉ's activity. The site, it says, is funded by advertising and section sponsorship. However, RTÉ has had to defend itself from allegations of anti-competitiveness brought about by licence fee support.
, it is among the top 4,000 most visited websites globally, by Alexa rankings, and among the top 10 sites in Ireland with certified impressions of over 75 million per month and over 4 million unique users. A recent redesign of the website's home page, news and business sections took place on 13 October 2010.
A revamp of the website is due late 2014.