Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are looking at the future of sports broadcasting which fits into an increasingly diverse landscape. I am now as likely to watch a game or follow something on my phone as on television, although I would not do so during a committee meeting. We are going to see big changes. We are going to see new players and digital players, apart from the witnesses' organisations. How do the witnesses envisage that landscape developing over the next five years?

Mar a dúirt Mary Ellen Ní Chualáin, TG4 is a publisher-broadcaster and perhaps different from RTÉ in that regard. Are broadcasters in a better position when they commission the independent sector to provide sports or is it better for companies to do so themselves?