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[articles] Minister fires shot accross RTE bows - re TV licence + Five Year Plan

  • 08-09-2012 12:12pm
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    mike65
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    Pat Rabbitte has reminded RTE that jacking up the licence fee is no fix for
    falling revenue.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0908/tv-licence-no-solution-to-lower-revenues-rabbitte.html
    "RTÉ cannot sit still, it cannot wait for the market to suit it - it has to continually adapt and change. This is not an easy task," he said.

    "The economic circumstances are difficult; the organisation is losing staff and experience as it seeks to return to financial stability."

    Noel Curran on the need for a plan

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0908/breaking9.html
    The director general said RTÉ would set out clear commitments, including the platforms and devices on which its content will be made available to viewers.

    The broadcaster is facing into a €57 million deficit this year, partly the result of a redundancy programme designed to cut costs. Some 100 staff are leaving or due to leave RTÉ under its current cost-cutting programme, while the broadcaster hopes a further 70-80 employees will consider its voluntary redundancy offer.

    RTÉ expects to break even in 2013, if commercial revenues hold steady. Last year, RTÉ received €184 million in funding from the public licence fee and earned €167 million in commercial income. Both sources of funding have been under pressure in recent times.

    I assume that's either a typo or the accumulated debt. If RTE is losing about one seventh of its turnover in a year things are far worse than I realised.


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