Written answers

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Broadcasting Services

5:00 pm

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has requested ComReg, in writing or by any other means, to conduct a review process of digital terrestrial television tariffs in accordance with the consultation process under Section 130 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31310/12]

Photo of Pat RabbittePat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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RTÉ has developed a series of tariff models for carriage on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service and these have been available to broadcasters for several years.

In 2011, RTÉ contracted with TV3 and TG4 for inclusion on the SAORVIEW DTT service during the simulcast period i.e. the period when both the analogue and DTT networks are operating together.

Section 130 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 provides a discretionary role for me in relation to DTT tariffing and in summer 2010, ComReg was requested to advise me on tariffing for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in order to ensure that the RTÉ DTT tariffing process was fair and equitable.

ComReg hired Deloitte to provide specialist expertise with this work. The initial ComReg analysis of the RTÉ simulcast DTT tariffs concluded in June 2012. I am currently considering this analysis with a view to consulting with the broadcasters.

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