First off, it's looking increasingly unlikely that Onevision will ever sign a contract with the BAI. RTE's insistence on that 20 million Euro guarantee will put paid to that.
Secondly, with Free to Air satellite widely available across Ireland why would anyone pay for the BBC when all their TV channels are available for nothing?
Here's my prediction: Onevision will pull out of contract negotiations, leading the playing field finally open to the RTE-backed Easy TV consortium. RTE won't seek the 20 million Euro guarantee from themselves...
But unless Easy TV provide some compelling reason to subscribe to their service why would anyone pay for channels that are free anyway?
Mike O'Meara
Posted on 11 Mar 2010 11:48 am
First off, it's looking increasingly unlikely that Onevision will ever sign a contract with the BAI. RTE's insistence on that 20 million Euro guarantee will put paid to that.
Secondly, with Free to Air satellite widely available across Ireland why would anyone pay for the BBC when all their TV channels are available for nothing?
Here's my prediction: Onevision will pull out of contract negotiations, leading the playing field finally open to the RTE-backed Easy TV consortium. RTE won't seek the 20 million Euro guarantee from themselves...
But unless Easy TV provide some compelling reason to subscribe to their service why would anyone pay for channels that are free anyway?