Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Alan Esslemont:
As a model it is broken. I do not think we can say that because we do not know where linear broadcasting is going, we are not going to change it. It is really important to change it. At present the model suits RTÉ. It has all of its services on it - all of the +1 services, kids' services and radio services. There is an awful lot more public service content available, but is not on it. Something is wrong and it needs to be fixed.
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