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AN COMHCHOISTE UM CHUMARSÁID, GNÍOMHÚ AR SON NA HAERÁIDE AGUS COMHSHAOL JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS, CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2017

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AN COMHCHOISTE UM

CHUMARSÁID, GNÍOMHÚ AR SON NA HAERÁIDE

AGUS COMHSHAOL

JOINT COMMITTEE ON

COMMUNICATIONS, CLIMATE ACTION

AND ENVIRONMENT

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE

FUNDING OF

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2017

Updated Saturday 28 January 2017

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CONTENTS

1.1. Public Consultation...............................................................................................................3

1.2. Themes.....................................................................................................................................3

1.3. Making Submissions.............................................................................................................3

1.4. Format of Submissions........................................................................................................4

1.5. Making a submission is a public process......................................................................4

1.6. Closing Date...........................................................................................................................5

1.7. Web site...................................................................................................................................5

1.8. Queries.....................................................................................................................................5

2. Background......................................................................................................................................6

2.1. Existing TV Licence System...............................................................................................6

2.2. An Alternative Method of Funding Public Service Broadcasting?.........................8

3. Themes for the Public Consultation........................................................................................9

Theme 1: Additional services / growth in digital services............................................................................9

Theme 2: Funding / revenue generation....................................................................................................11

Theme 3: Commercial activities vs. public service objects.........................................................................13

Theme 4: Advertising minutage.................................................................................................................14

Theme 5: Outsourced / Independent production (external resources).....................................................15

Theme 6: TG4 and Irish content/language.................................................................................................17

Theme 7: Conduct of the review process...................................................................................................18

Theme 8: Other issues not covered in other themes.................................................................................20

Appendix 1 - Glossary.............................................................................................................................21

Appendix 2 – Reports on Public Service Broadcasting................................................................22

Appendix 3 - Membership of the Committee..................................................................................23

Appendix 4 - Committee Meeting 8 November 2016..................................................................24

Appendix 5 - Committee Meeting 22 November 2016................................................................25

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INTRODUCTION

1.1. PUBLIC CONSULTATION

The Joint Committee is carrying out a public consultation on the Funding of Public Service Broadcasting in Ireland.

You are invited to read the reports and submissions and oral evidence as listed in the appendices, and consider the themes listed below.

1.2. THEMES

Theme 1: Additional services / growth in digital services

Theme 2: Funding / revenue generation

Theme 3: Commercial activities vs. public service objects

Theme 4: Advertising minutage

Theme 5: Outsourced / Independent production (external resources)

Theme 6: TG4 and Irish content / language

Theme 7: Conduct of the review process

Theme 8: Any issues not covered in the above themes.

1.3. MAKING SUBMISSIONS

Written submissions and communications should be sent by email to:

[email protected] and / or by post to:

The Clerk Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and EnvironmentHouses of the OireachtasLeinster HouseKildare StreetDublin 2D02 XR20Ireland

Submissions should be received not later than the closing date below.

The Committee will consider any suitable written submissions received and may decide to invite a number of contributors to public hearings should it be considered necessary.

Submissions and communications should only be sent to the email address above and not to individual members of the Committee.

Please note that the Clerk will ensure that all members of the Committee receive, in due course, copies of all submissions and communications received.

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1.4. FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS

GUIDELINES

As a general guideline, submissions should consist of:

a covering letter (email or email attachment in MS Word or equivalent); a main submission document (email or email attachment in MS Word or

equivalent).

The covering letter should contain your name and contact details (phone number and postal address and, if available, an email address). If the submission is on behalf of an organisation, you should indicate your position in the organisation. If your submission is on behalf of another organisation, please make this clear in your letter.

DETAILS TO BE CONTAINED IN SUBMISSIONS

The main submission document should contain the following information:

1. Your name;

2. A brief introduction, for example, explaining your area of expertise;

3. Any factual information that you have to offer from which the Committee might be able to draw conclusions, or which could be put to other parties for their reactions;

4. Any recommendations to the Committee which should be as specific as possible and should be summarised at the end of the document;

5. An executive summary of the main points made in the submission, if your document is more than 10 pages long;

6. Whether you would be prepared to appear at a public session of the committee.

1.5. MAKING A SUBMISSION IS A PUBLIC PROCESS

The Committee is not obliged to accept your document once it has been submitted, nor is it obliged to publish any or all of the submissions if it has received or accepted.

However, the operation of a parliament is a public process, and you should be aware that any submissions made to a Committee may be published either as part of a Committee report, or separately, if the Committee decides to do so.

1.6. CLOSING DATE

The closing date for receipt of submissions will be Friday 10 February 2017.

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Late submissions will be circulated to the committee, but there is no guarantee that they will be taken into account when the committee is considering its report.

1.7. WEB SITE

The committee has set up a web site for this public consultation including links to relevant documents and the full text of committee meetings.

1.8. QUERIESShould you have any queries in relation to this matter, please email:

[email protected]

or contact:

Leo Bollins, Clerk to the Committee, at 01 618 3575 or

Jack Nugent, Policy Advisor, at 01 618 3529or

Lisa Kiely, Junior Clerk, at 01 618 4053

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2. BACKGROUND

2.1. EXISTING TV LICENCE SYSTEM

Ireland currently operates a TV licence fee system to offset the costs involved in public service broadcasting. For instance, in 2014 the gross revenue from TV Licence fee receipts was approximately €214 million.

An Post, a body under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, acts as the collection agent for the licence fees. At present, An Post representatives contact those in residential and commercial addresses with a view to collecting the fee, which is set at €160. This fee must be paid annually by all who are in possession of a television set on their premises. An Post receives a commission fee from the Department for its collection work.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland receives 7% of the net TV licence fee receipts for the operation of a Broadcasting funding scheme (Sound & Vision 3)1, which provides funding in support of high quality programmes on Irish culture, heritage and experience, and programmes to improve adult literacy.

TG4 receives a portion of the TV licence fee receipts and this is currently set at €9,245,000.

The remaining fees are granted to RTÉ. An example of how the revenue received from TV Licence fees in 2014 was broken down is provided in table 1 overleaf. The TV licence fee receipts 2012 – 2015 are outlined in table 2, overleaf.

It is estimated that the approximate figure for losses in revenue as a result of evasion could rise to approximately €40,000,000 per annum,2 which, based on the Revised Estimate for 2016, would represent a rate of evasion of 18%. This rate is in stark contrast to the United Kingdom, for instance, where the rate of evasion is approximately 5.5%.3

1 More information available on the BAI website here.

2 Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten TD, Committee Debates, Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, 29th June 2016.

3 House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, “Future of the BBC”, Fourth Report of Session 2014–15, 10 February 2015, p.71.

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In recent times, there have been calls from various media outlets for reform in the area. In September 2015, the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland published a report in relation to the TV licence fee. The report had the following to say on the matter:

TV Licence evasion levels remain stubbornly high in Ireland. Obtaining access to the subscriber details of satellite and cable services will assist in identifying evaders but prevailing attitudes to summons and convictions will also need to be tackled.4

Table 1 Revenue received from TV Licence Receipts in 20145

Gross TV Licence fee Receipts €213,293,000

Less An Post Commission €11,063,000

Net TV Licence fee receipts €202,230,000

BAI (Broadcasting Fund) 7% of net €14,156,000

TG4 (Fixed Amount) €9,245,000

RTÉ (Balance after An Post, BAI and TG4) €178,829,000

Table 2 TV Licence fee receipts6

2012 2013 2014 2015

Gross receipt €220,000,000 €219,000,000 €213,293,000 €214,000,000

RTÉ Balance7 €180,900,000 €182,400,000 €178,600,000 €178,900,000

4 Rafter, Professor K., Television Licence Fee, “A report prepared by Kevin Rafter for the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland”, September 2015, p.11

5 Figures supplied by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment in correspondence on 27th July 2016

6 Source: RTÉ Annual Reports

7 After An Post, BAI, and TG4

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2.2. AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF FUNDING PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING?

In April 2016, Mr. Noel Curran, then outgoing Director General of RTÉ, called for reform of the TV Licence fee, which he said is no longer fit for purpose.8

A public service broadcasting charge was mooted by the previous government as an alternative method for the collection of fees to offset the cost of public service broadcasting in Ireland.9 However, Minister Naughten recently rejected the idea in favour of maintaining and improving the current system that is in place.10 Minister Naughten was of the opinion that there may be more pressing issues to deal with at present, while also conceding that times have changed and that the issue may need to be revisited at some point in the future.

8 Curran, N., RTÉ Press Release, “RTÉ chief calls for reform of broadcasting system”, 13th April 2016

9 Statement of Common Purpose, Programme for Government 2011-2016, p.61

10 Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten TD, Committee Debates, Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, 29th June 2016

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3. THEMES FOR THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION

You are invited to give you views on any or all of the following themes.

THEME 1: ADDITIONAL SERVICES / GROWTH IN DIGITAL SERVICES

EXPLANATION:

Additional services in this context would include those that:

would provide extra commercial revenue for Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs); and/or

would assist in the lowering of costs related to current services that are provided.

Growth in digital services in this context would include things that:

would expand current services with a view to increasing commercial revenue for PSBs; and/or

would alter current infrastructure with a view to making existing digital services more accessible to the public, thereby further increasing revenue.

QUESTIONS ARISING:

Digital Transmission Terrestrial (DTT) platform

Saorview, a DTT platform which is run by RTÉ through its subsidiary 2RN, is the primary source of broadcast television in Ireland. What other opportunities arise from the use of the Digital Transmission Terrestrial (DTT) platform?

Has the commercial potential of DTT been analysed sufficiently? Would the Irish Film Channel be feasible (as provided for in the Broadcasting Act

2009)? What is the status of HDTV on DTT, cable and satellite in Ireland?

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DONNYBROOK SITE

The NewERA review noted that “options regarding the use in part or whole of the site in Donnybrook (for instance, 20% of the physical site is presently underdeveloped) should be explored as a possible source of funding for investment”.11

Also, according to RTÉ, the board has “decided that RTÉ should prepare to dispose of up to 10 acres of underutilised land at the Donnybrook end of the site in 2016/2017”,12 which, one estimate suggests, could be worth €60,000,000.13

In its 5-Year Strategy, RTÉ expressed its desire to develop its Donnybrook site into a “digital hub”.14

o What is the status of this proposed redevelopment?

INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV)

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has grown sharply in recent years in other EU Member States and the number of homes paying for internet-based television services is expected to more than double by 2021 according to one recent report.15

The Houses of the Oireachtas has provided IPTV (via Multcast IP) coverage of parliamentary proceedings since 2005, on the Government Campus LAN, the Government Networks, and educational and research networks in Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK and the European Union in association with HEAnet – Ireland’s National Research & Education Network.

What are the opportunities and threats to PSBs associated with the growth in popularity of IPTV?

11 National Treasury Management Agency (NewERA), Review of RTÉ for the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, May 2014, p.9.

12 RTÉ, “RTÉ announces long-terms plans for Donnybrook site”, Press release, 28 September 2009.

13 Irish Examiner, “RTÉ may sell 10 acres of Montrose campus”, 04 June 2016.

14 RTÉ, 5 - Year Strategy 2012-2017, 2012, p. 185.

15 Irish Times, “IPTV take-up to take-off with Eir set to make big gains in Ireland”, 21 April 2016.

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THEME 2: FUNDING / REVENUE GENERATION

EXPLANATION:

Funding/revenue generation in this context would relate to:

means of increasing public funding; and/or

means of increasing commercial revenue.

QUESTIONS ARISING:

The NewERA Review refers to an either/or approach regarding funding i.e. additional public funding or further cost reduction/efficiency measures.16 However, the Review states that provision of additional public funding is one of a range of potential measures for consideration.

Do stakeholders feel that additional efficiency gains are feasible, especially considering that the 2014 Annual Review states that further gains from TG4, in particular, do not appear to be possible?

Former Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White, suggested that a public service broadcasting charge could contribute to “adequate funding for public service broadcasting”.17

It was also estimated that licence fee evasion results in a loss of approximately €25,000,000 to PSBs annually, which represents an evasion rate of approximately 15%.18

16 National Treasury Management Agency (NewERA), Review of RTÉ for the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, May 2014.

17 Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, “Minister Alex White publishes RTÉ efficiency review and report on broadcasting advertising market”, 21 April 2015.

18 ibid

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The Government also approved the introduction of measures designed to help in the tackling of licence fee evasion in July 2014.19

What is the current status of the public service broadcasting charge (or equivalent ‘media charge’)?

What is the impact of public service broadcasting charge being shelved indefinitely?20

Is there a need for legislation/stronger penalties to tackle licence fee evasion and if so, what is the status of this (proposed) legislation?

In light of recent developments (publication of the NewERA review into the operational efficiency of RTÉ in May 201421, publication of the Indecon advertising market analysis report in July 201422, and a sharp improvement in the Irish economy):

Do stakeholders now (January 2017) believe there is a strong basis for an increase in PSB funding?

Do stakeholders wish to suggest any alternative methods of funding?

19 Irish Times, “Cabinet approves measures for TV licence crackdown”, 08 July 2014.

20 Irish Times, “RTÉ calls for licence fee reform as broadcast charge scrapped”, 07 June 2016.

21 National Treasury Management Agency (NewERA), Review of RTÉ for the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, May 2014.

22 Indecon, Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland 2013, July 2014.

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THEME 3: COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES VS. PUBLIC SERVICE OBJECTS

EXPLANATION:

Commercial activities in this context would include those that:

are undertaken with a view to maximising revenues; and are undertaken with a view to subsidising the public service objects of the PSBs.

Public service objects in this context are those contained within sections 114 and 118 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 for RTÉ and TG4 respectively.23

QUESTIONS ARISING:

How has the fall in commercial revenue impacted on the PSBs? Is the expectation that this will reverse in 2016/2017 as the economy strengthens?

Is there a trade off between commercial revenue and public funds? What is the optimal mix of these, using international examples?

The 2014 Review states that RTÉ 2fm “appears to be failing against the aim of drawing younger listeners, leading us to raise the question of whether this audience would be better served by the commercial sector”.24

o Do the stakeholders concur with this view? How can the PSBs prove that their programming is “demonstrably more creative

than that of its commercial rivals”?25

The 2014 Review recommended “the introduction of a centralised annual survey, administered by the BAI, to track public perceptions of the PSBs against their key public service objectives, and also allows for some comparison with commercial and international broadcasters available in Ireland.”26

What is the current status of this survey?

23 Sections 114, 118 Broadcasting Act 2009.

24 Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates Ltd. (on behalf of the BAI), Public Funding Review of Public Service Broadcasters 2014, Jul7 2014, p. 67.

25 Ibid, p. 118.

26 Ibid, p. 119.

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THEME 4: ADVERTISING MINUTAGE

EXPLANATION:

Advertising minutage in this context represents:

the total daily time for broadcasting advertisements; and the maximum period given to advertisements in any hour.

QUESTIONS ARISING:

Due to RTÉ’s market position, it can command a premium price for advertisements (based on the Indecon Review assessment).27

This has been undermined in recent years by the rise of ‘opt-out’28, dedicated Irish advertising feeds on (mainly) UK channels, such as Sky 1, Sky News, Channel 4 and E4.

The Indecon Review highlights that UK opt-out channels now have a 23.5% share of the commercial (impact) advertising market with RTÉ/TG4 (combined) falling to 39% in 2013 from 51% in 2006.29

What is the likely impact on Irish programming and how can all broadcasters be encouraged to reinvest in Ireland/Irish programming?

It has been reported that the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is involved in the process of engaging specialists to determine the impact of ‘opt-out’ advertising on the Irish market.30

What is the current status of the consultation process?

Increasingly, commercial/opt-out channels are competing for, and securing, exclusive content (such as GAA matches).31

How are Irish PSBs going to counteract the increasing dominance of “exclusive” channels?

27 Indecon, Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland 2013, July 2014.

28 Irish Times, “UK television channels drain Irish broadcasters of cash for content”, 09 August 2016.

29 Ibid, p. 15.

30 Irish Times, “UK television channels drain Irish broadcasters of cash for content”, 09 August 2016.

31 Irish Times, “Virgin Media customers to miss out on many league GAA games”, 18 October 2016.

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THEME 5: OUTSOURCED / INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION (EXTERNAL RESOURCES)

EXPLANATION:

Outsourced/independent production in this context refers to:

those productions which are produced by the independent sector, or otherwise, which may offer greater value for money to PSBs when compared to in-house productions.

QUESTIONS ARISING:

Under section 116 Broadcasting Act 2009,32 RTÉ has a statutory obligation to spend a predetermined minimum amount (the statutory amount) every year on independently produced television and radio programmes.

Every year, RTÉ also publishes an annual report into independent productions.

The statutory (minimal) amount RTÉ must spend was €39,500,000 in 2015. RTÉ spent €40,600,000 (+€1,100,000 over the statutory amount) on independent programme commissions in 2015 and worked with over 100 independent production companies. For comparison, this compares to a pre-crisis spend of €80,000,000 in 2007.33

32 Section 116 Broadcasting Act 2009.

33 Irish Times, “RTÉ spent €40.9m on independent programme commissions in 2014”, 01 October 2015.

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In 2015, RTÉ spent just +2.8% over the minimal statutory amount required under the 2009 Act.

Why does RTÉ not spend a greater proportion than just above the statutory minimum?

Does the capacity for further outsourcing/use of independent production by RTÉ exist and what priority is attached to this?

What impact does RTÉs recent (November 2016) decision to outsource its young people’s programming have on the industry as a whole?34

How does RTÉ’s use of independent production compare across other PSBs in the European Union?

What are the potential consequences of RTÉ converting into a publisher broadcaster, i.e. a broadcaster which commissions/buys all of its programming from companies independent of itself (an example being Channel 4 in the UK)? What are the pros and cons of such a move?

What are the opportunities for the PSBs through a more extensive use of the independent production market?

Does the current model sufficiently support the creative economy?

34 RTÉ, “Dismay at RTÉ outsourcing of young people's programming”, 25 November 2016.

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THEME 6: TG4 AND IRISH CONTENT/LANGUAGE

EXPLANATION:

TG4 and Irish content/language in this context refers to:

increases in efficiency of services relating to Irish content/language provided by TG4 which would further assist in accessing its core audience/wider audiences.

QUESTIONS ARISING:

How does the switch to the Digital Transmission Terrestrial (DTT) platform impact on TG4?

What specific measures has TG4 put in place to appropriately promote and encourage development of the creative economy (i.e. creative industries), particularly in the West of Ireland?

It was recommended in the 2014 Annual Review (p. 104) that TG4 set out fewer, specific and measurable key performance targets and commitments.35

What is the progress to date on this?

Is it possible for TG4 to pursue its principal objects36 given the existing level of resources available to it?

35 Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates Ltd. (on behalf of the BAI), Public Funding Review of Public Service Broadcasters 2014, Jul7 2014, p. 104.

36 Section 118 Broadcasting Act 2009.

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THEME 7: CONDUCT OF THE REVIEW PROCESS

EXPLANATION:

Conduct of the review process in this context refers to the interaction between the following bodies with regard to their annual and 5-year review and the recommendations that arise from these:

the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (including consultants hired to produce reviews/reports); and

the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

QUESTIONS ARISING:

The BAI have a central role, through the single and multiannual funding reviews, in reviewing the adequacy of funding for the Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs).

The 5-Year Review made a number of recommendations regarding the need to establish a more explicit link between the annual process and the Five-Year strategy of each PSB.37

The Government has stated that recommendations pertaining to the conduct of the annual and 5-Year Reviews will be implemented in full.38

The annual process now (since 2014) serves to facilitate a check on progress against the Five Year strategy.

What changes have been made to the Review process since it commenced? Do the stakeholders believe the process to be optimal?

37 Crowe Horwath (on behalf of the BAI), 5-Year Review of Funding for Public Service Broadcasters, 23 May 2013.

38 Government Response to the Section 124 (5 Year) Review of the Funding of Public Service Broadcasters as set out by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, July 2013.

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The 2014 Annual Review states that TG4 has outlined 415 Key Performance Indicators for annual review which it “is not convinced is helpful for a business the size of TG4”.39 It goes on to state these commitments:

o lack specificity; o are not clearly testable; o lack straightforward pass/fail criteria; o and that TG4 should adopt RTÉ’s approach by setting a very small number of

tightly-defined quantitative targets.

Do stakeholders wish to comment on this?

39 Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates Ltd. (on behalf of the BAI), Public Funding Review of Public Service Broadcasters 2014, Jul7 2014, p. 17.

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THEME 8: OTHER ISSUES NOT COVERED IN OTHER THEMES

You are invited to make your views know on any other broadcasting matter(s) not covered by the other themes.

QUALITY JOURNALISM

How will quality journalism be funded due to the following changes?o Reduction in funding available through the licence feeo Reduction in funding due to the loss of advertising revenue?

Is there a risk that the growth of social media, replacing traditional channels, will reduce the quality of journalism?

PUBLIC SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR / COMMUNITY SECTOR

What are the respective roles of the following sectorso Public Sector?o Private Sector?o Community / not for profit sector (as defined in the Broadcasting Act

2009)?

MEDIA OWNERSHIP

What are the issues and risks with changes in the structure of media ownership?

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

What are you views on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy, and how it affects Public Service Broadcasting?

o Unjustified Geo Blocking?o A more modern, European copyright law?o A review of the Satellite and Cable directive?

ANYTHING ELSE?

If you have any views on any related matters not otherwise covered, please let the committee know.

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APPENDIX 1 - GLOSSARY

BAI - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

DTT - Digital Terrestrial Television – Saorview in ireland.

IPTV - Internet Protocol Television.

Opt-out advertising – there are 34 UK TV channels selling advertising in Ireland, having a negative effect on the advertising income of all Irish broadcasters. (Screen Producers Ireland.)

PSB - Public Service Broadcaster.

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APPENDIX 2 – REPORTS ON PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

Date Title Author Scope

May 2013

Review of Funding for Public Service Broadcasters(the ‘5 year’ review / the ‘CH review’)

Crowe Horwath (on behalf of BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland))

This first 5-yearly review of the adequacy of public funding, as required under the Broadcasting Act 2009.

June 2013Five-year Review of Public Funding - Authority recommendations

BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland)

BAI’s recommendations on foot of the 5 year review.

July 2013

Government Response to the Review of the Funding of Public Service Broadcasters

Department (the then Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)

Department’s / Government’s response to the 5 year review (including commitments to bring forward legislation, etc. incorporating the BAI recommendations.)

 May 2014 Review of RTÉ (the ‘NewERA’ Review)

National Treasury Management Agency (NewERA) (on behalf of the Department)

To examine, quantify (to the extent possible) and assess the scope for further financial efficiencies in RTÉ across all its services and operations to include but not limited to the performing groups and Irish language radio service.

July 2014 (published in)

Public Funding Review of Public Service Broadcasters 2014 (of 2013 performance)   (the ‘O&O review’)

Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates Ltd. (on behalf of BAI)

The Broadcasting Act 2009 imposes a statutory duty on the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (the BAI) to undertake an annual review of the two public service broadcasters in Ireland – RTÉ and TG4. This is the most recent annual review available.

July 2014Indecon Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland 2013

Indecon (on behalf of the Department)

The report concerns an independent economic analysis of the advertising market in Ireland.

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APPENDIX 3 - MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE

Chairman: Hildegarde Naughton

Member Party

 Deputies:

Timmy Dooley  Fianna Fáil

James Lawless  Fianna Fáil

Michael Lowry  Rural Independent Group

Hildegarde Naughton  Fine Gael

Eamon Ryan  Social Democrats - Green Party Group

Bríd Smith  Anti-Austerity Alliance - People Before Profit

Brian Stanley  Sinn Féin

Senators:

Terry Leyden  Fianna Fáil

Tim Lombard  Fine Gael

Michael McDowell  Independent Group

Joe O'Reilly  Fine Gael

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APPENDIX 4 - COMMITTEE MEETING 8 NOVEMBER 2016

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

o Letter from the Minister re Public Service Broadcasting PDF

o Letter from the Minister re Public Service Broadcasting Scanned PDF

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

o DCCAE Opening Statement PDF

o Letter from DCCAE re funding Public Service Broadcasting PDF

o Letter from DCCAE re funding Public Service Broadcasting Scanned PDF 16 November 2016, attachments:

Digital Adspend hits high of €340m with 29% growth in 2015, IAB & PwC Adspend Study reveals

IAB Ireland / PwC Online Adspend Study for H1 2016

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

o Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Opening Statement PDF

o Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Opening Statement PP

See also the full text of the official report of the meeting, and the video recording.

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APPENDIX 5 - COMMITTEE MEETING 22 NOVEMBER 2016

Professor Kevin Rafter

o Professor Kevin Rafter Opening Statement

Independent Broadcasters of Ireland

o Independent Broadcasters of Ireland Presentation

o Independent Broadcasters of Ireland Presentation PP

Screen Producers Ireland

o Screen Producers Ireland Opening Statement

o Screen Producers Ireland Submission

Irish Film Board

o Irish Film Board Opening Statement

o Irish Film Board Five Year Strategy 2016 - 2020

RTÉ

o RTE Opening Statement

TG4

o TG4 Opening Statement

o TG4 Background Paper

See also the full text of the official report of the meeting and the video recording.

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