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Implications on Broadcasting with U.K. out of E.U.

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  • 25-06-2016 3:15pm
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    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,672 ✭✭✭


    Could Sky have to stop selling satellite tv to Rep of Ireland? Will the V.A.T. go to the U.K. instead of Rep of Ireland? More expensive?

    Interesting times ahead.


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    Andy454
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Andy454


    I am not sure it will have much of an impact on distribution, sky is now registered in Ireland and pays VAT on its Irish operations, the rights where not subject to EU open market regulations anyway - From a European legislation perspective, you as a subscriber, could legally use a legally purchased subscription in any EU country, however if the TV provider found out you where no longer in the designated rights area, they were legally obliged to cut you off as you were in breech of your contract with them. There was some movement by sky to look at allowing temporary access to online services while on holidays abroad, but it would be difficult to determine if this will be viable now!

    The main question will be for S.E.S and ASTRA, many of the tv channels are uplinked through Betzdorf, lux. there could be some legal implications if EU do not agree deals on trade agreements for comms services.

    SKY DE, IT could also suffer as a result


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    STB.
    Registered Users Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    Andy454 wrote: »
    I am not sure it will have much of an impact on distribution, sky is now registered in Ireland and pays VAT on its Irish operations

    Only because it has to under an EU directive that came into force at the beginning of 2015 ensuring that VAT collected flowed to the Irish exchequer, rather than the British exchequer.

    That wont apply when they leave.


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    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,341 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    What is the legal situation regarding transmission of Freeview & Freesat from the UK including those people who have access to them in the Republic of Ireland?

    The country still legally has the EU Directive on DSO since it was implemented along with Ireland in October 2012.

    Will the UK have to make changes to their Broadcasting laws to a national law without reference to EU law?


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    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,529 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Like a lot of things about Brexit, there's a lot of questions to be asked (and answered) over the next few years. But a few observations.

    Firstly, nothing will happen re Irish reception of Freeview and Freesat. Signals don't respect political borders. The satellite has not yet been invented that can cover the entire UK and not also the Republic of Ireland.

    The biggest issue in the medium term for Irish broadcasters is whether UK programmes still count as European works. However, the definition of European works is broad enough to allow UK works to be continued to classify as European works, as long as the UK remains a signatory to the convention on transfrontier television.

    But there will be opportunities. Sky will no longer be able to rely on the AV directive to claim UK regulation of its platform, it may now have to be regulated in Ireland (in so far as there's any regulation of platforms any more). With the U.K. leaving the EU, the government might have the opportunity to introduce measures such as taxing advertising income generated in the Republic and even Canadian style simultaneous substitution and foreign channel licencing arrangements, if they wanted to go down that road. Your mileage may vary as to whether any of that would be a good thing (in Canada, it is generally hated by ordinary viewers).


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    afatbollix
    Registered Users Posts: 4,046 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    The Good Friday agreement means that Irish TV has to be shown in NI & NI TV to be shown in ROI.

    I work in London with a broadcaster who transmits to Europe and we haven't had any change but to be honest we have no clue what is going to happen.


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    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    afatbollix wrote: »
    The Good Friday agreement means that Irish TV has to be shown in NI & NI TV to be shown in ROI.

    I work in London with a broadcaster who transmits to Europe and we haven't had any change but to be honest we have no clue what is going to happen.

    I don't think it has to be shown. It more that it can be shown. Some programmes are still blocked due to rights issues which wouldn't exist if they had to broadcast across the island.


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    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,529 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    It doesn't you know. The only mention of broadcasting in the Agreement is a commitment by the parties to explore urgently the possibility of Telefis na Gaelige being more widespreadly available in Northern Ireland. That commitment was fulfilled when TG4 got an analogue broadcast from Divis and later through the NI mini mux on Freeview.


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