Changes may be underway but one of the more unique quirks of Irish television - the daily Angelus broadcast and its recognisable bongs - is here to stay.
Last night RTÉ showed off the first of six new short films for the Angelus, which it hopes will be help it broaden it's appeal beyond those who have faith to those that just want to enjoy a minute of daily reflection and time out.
The broadcaster is promising less thousand-yard-stares as people pause and turn their heads dreamily aboard fishing vessels and the like. The new films are all about everyday people and tasks with sequences including the Islandbridge Memorial in Dublin, the Holy Well at Tobernalt, Co Sligo, a traditional bookbinder's workshop in Athlone and a topiarist's garden in Malahide.
Among the people featured in the films are a sand sculptor, a baker and a blacksmith.
Along with the new films, there's a new innovation where each Friday RTÉ will broadcast of The People's Angelus, where members of the public and aspiring film-makers can submit their own work even if it's shot on an iphone. If you've got an idea, submissions can also be sent to peoplesangelus@rte.ie.
A feature of Irish life on Irish television since 1962 - whether you consider it to be a moment for quiet prayer and reflection or just an outdated piece of Catholic dogma that delays the Six One News - the broadcast and the bongs are here to stay for the moment.
RTÉ's Genre Head of Religious Programmes, Roger Childs, confirmed that "the chimes they are not a changing" and said research showed that around two-thirds of the public that was surveyed favoured keeping it.
"I found that a lot of people value it greatly. We conducted research and found that a majority of people are in favour of keeping it - chimes and all".
He said that apart from Atheist Ireland, most minority faith groups in Ireland were also in favour of keeping the Angelus despite its obviously Catholic origins, saying that "they value a moment of reflection or prayer and the fact that the Irish national broadcaster makes room for it."
