Government’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while tax credits talk is rarely too far away
Government’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while talk of tax credits is rarely too far away
Indeed, the RTÉ precedent has reframed the nature of budget “asks” beyond the media, with other public sectors reasonably wondering why if a multiyear agreement was available to Montrose that same logic couldn’t apply to them too. Speaking of long shots, Virgin Media Television sought €30 million earlier this year to fund its news service. Predictably, the company – owned by telecoms group Virgin Media, which is part of billionaire John Malone’s multinational cable giant Liberty Global – got nowhere with this, leading to a strongly worded statement from the broadcaster’s managing director, Áine Ní Chaoindealbháin, in the wake of RTÉ's July deal.
This total includes €10 million for its new funding schemes, up from €6 million. Although it is not clear how this money will be divvied up in future, this year they are limited to two schemes designed to fund local democracy and courts reporting under contracts of 12 months or less.
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