Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE
11:35 am
Mr. Noel Curran:
I will take the first question on promotion time. We do monitor promotion time. Every broadcaster allocates promotion time and it is hugely effective. We also allocate time to supporting the arts and a whole range of different things. We monitor how that increases, where it is spent and how it is allocated. In terms of contracts, some of our contractors work for others. That is part of the reason they have a contract and that is reflected. One will see broadcasters on television who work for other rival radio stations. Deputy John O'Mahony asked about the sound and vision pool of money. The figure is 36%.
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