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Future of Media Commission - Report

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  • 14-07-2022 9:12pm
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    Caquas
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    The Commission on the Future of Media has issued its report. Outside the media bubble, the only real interest is the TV licence fee.

    The report recommended abolishing the TV licence and replacing it with direct support from the Exchequer (I.e. the taxpayers). The Government have kicked that into the long grass.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2022/07/12/future-of-media-commission-response-a-muted-sequel-to-an-already-overfamiliar-story/


    The report includes estimates for RTÉ’s overall public funding requirement at €219 million in 2021, €213 million in 2022 and €214 million in 2023. Licence Fee revenues, including Exchequer funding for free licences, are forecast to account for 92%-93% of those funding requirements, with the balance as a deficit, unless otherwise resolved. 

    The Commission had very little to say about local digital media like Boards but saw the digital giants as the big threat to Irish media.

    I wonder what Alan Rusbridger, former Editor of the Guardian, thinks of this outcome. He “withdrew” from the Commission when it emerged that Roy Greenslade was an IRA supporter and (this was the real problem) Greenslade had been sceptical of Maria Cahill. Maybe that episode alone tells us more than the 300 page report.

    https://assets.gov.ie/229731/2f2be30d-d987-40cd-9cfe-aaa885104bc1.pdf




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