ComReg close TV3's complaint against RTÉ

Elmo

Irish Times: ComReg formally closes TV3 complaint against RTÉ over network access charges

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/comreg-formally-closes-tv3-complaint-against-rté-over-network-access-charges-1.1840348

Elmo

The actual publication here

http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg1462.pdf

It would be interesting to see TV3's NP Margin pre 2001, note how important ITV programming was with 28% margin in 07, but drop significantly between 08 and 10, gaining again in 11. Page 4. Profits every year from 02.

watty

Nelson --->


Why has BAI not taken a complaint against TV3 for not paying for full coverage on Analogue and now not paying for full coverage on Digital?

More merit than this ever had.

Elmo

watty wrote: »

Nelson --->


Why has BAI not taken a complaint against TV3 for not paying for full coverage on Analogue and now not paying for full coverage on Digital?

More merit than this ever had.

Are they not paying for full coverage on Digital?

They seemed to be only required to reach 85% initially and then that increased to 90%.

watty

Elmo wrote: »

Are they not paying for full coverage on Digital?

Technically they are now licence compliant because BAI believes in the sort of Regulation that resulted in Anglo Irish. They were not on Analogue.

Being on Saorsat should be mandatory. It isn't though.

Virtually every TV3 complaint ever has been without merit. Yet TV3 have constantly violated rules or pushed beyond the moral limit.

The Cush

Elmo wrote: »

They seemed to be only required to reach 85% initially and then that increased to 90%.

TV3 analogue terrestrial coverage was 85% at ASO according to RTÉNL, only on Saorview has it's terrestrial coverage exceeded 90%.

ftakeith

watty wrote: »

Technically they are now licence compliant because BAI believes in the sort of Regulation that resulted in Anglo Irish. They were not on Analogue.

Being on Saorsat should be mandatory. It isn't though.

Virtually every TV3 complaint ever has been without merit. Yet TV3 have constantly violated rules or pushed beyond the moral limit.

no surprise

TV3's David McRedmond is ex eircom and eircom has been rebranded and refinanced many times like tv3

watty

That was an optimistic 85% too. requiring a big professionally installed aerial. A problem for TG4 too in some areas used to RTE1 & 2 on VHF.

TV3 has much more coverage and 3e and better quality where there is coverage by more than the official figures suggest on Saorview. Yet still complaining about the cost.

Really if they can't pay their costs and provide the content they are supposed to and make a profit they should pack up. They are not some kind of National Treasure that must be preserved at all costs. Their owner dug the pit borrowing too much (leveraged buyout) and the tax payer paid off nearly 1/2 that debt.

Anyone would be an idiot to buy them as the brand is nearly worthless, they have hardly any assets (esp. compared to debt) and no strategy other than complaining to Media that "life is unfair" to them.

ftakeith

watty wrote: »

That was an optimistic 85% too. requiring a big professionally installed aerial. A problem for TG4 too in some areas used to RTE1 & 2 on VHF.

TV3 has much more coverage and 3e and better quality where there is coverage by more than the official figures suggest on Saorview. Yet still complaining about the cost.

Really if they can't pay their costs and provide the content they are supposed to and make a profit they should pack up. They are not some kind of National Treasure that must be preserved at all costs. Their owner dug the pit borrowing too much (leveraged buyout) and the tax payer paid off nearly 1/2 that debt.

Anyone would be an idiot to buy them as the brand is nearly worthless, they have hardly any assets (esp. compared to debt) and no strategy other than complaining to Media that "life is unfair" to them.

Watty

what about their HD studios
I look forward to RTE or UTV taken over it in the future

afatbollix

Sony own the studios they just rent it out to TV3

Copyerselveson

watty wrote: »

Being on Saorsat should be mandatory. It isn't though.

Saorsat carraige could only be mandatory if it were specifically written into the laws covering television transmission. It isn't.

Saorsat was created as a commercial venture by RTE NL (now 2RN) and therefore broadcasters cannot be forced to use it. This idea of mandatory carriage on Saorsat would be the same as mandating that advertisers must use RTE. Unless there is legislation forcing this it won't happen.

Having said that I would be surprised if UTV don't go on Saorsat and I would be equally surprised if TV3 are around in their present form a year after UTV go on the air.

icdg

afatbollix wrote: »

Sony own the studios they just rent it out to TV3

That's not correct, unless the studio has since been sold to them. The deal between Sony and TV3 was for naming rights and provision of equipment.

http://www.businesspost.ie/#!story/Home/Media+And+Marketing/TV3+sells+studio+naming+rights+to+Sony/id/19410615-5218-5051-cde4-c854e5885512