Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion
Ms Dee Forbes:
Sure.
On that point, and going back to the opening point, RTÉ is both public service and commercial. We have two very clear objectives, and given that fact, it is not as clear cut. The BBC, for example, is 100% public service. It gets no money from advertising. It has BBC Worldwide, of course, which is a commercial arm, but it is different in that respect. If that were to happen, there would have to be a fundamental change in everything to do with RTÉ in terms of the remit and particularly on whether or not the commerciality of it is viable.
No comments