Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed)
5:00 pm
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
For a consumer that is the argument. The marketplace will not let the providers increase the price charged to consumers for the packages. The witnesses made reference to Italy, where that is bypassed. The representatives from Sky said that it is possible to mitigate the impact of the transmission fees by putting in a Saorview equivalent box. Will the witnesses respond to the argument that the market would not let them increase prices and then to the last points raised by the members? I believe Mr. Buckley wanted to come in.
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