The Communications Minister says people who pay their tv licence have nothing to fear from the proposed new broadcasting charge.
Pat Rabbitte told the Dail yesterday that RTE is losing 25-million euro a year in licence fee payments – because of evasion.
The proposed new charge would apply to people who view television on their computers and smart-phones and would be collected along with the new household charge. This morning – the Minister said there’ll be no change for most people.
Here’s what we heard about it so far on Newstalk today….
7.00am Chris Donoghue & Ivan Yates on Newstalk Breakfast
7.15am David Mc Redmond, TV3 Chief Executive on Newstalk Breakfast
7.42am TD Pat Rabbitte on Newstalk Breakfast
9.05am Your texts and comments on Newstalk Breakfast
10.35am Listeners phone in to Tom Dunne
12.10pm Harry Browne (Lecturer in Journalism at DIT) & Conor Lynch (MD of SocialMedia.ie) talk to Jonathan Healy on Lunchtime
1.05pm Kevin Dawson (Head of Corporate Communications in RTE) talks to Jonathan Healy on Lunchtime
1.35pm Paddy Cullivan (Singer, Songwriter, Writer & Comedian) was on Moncrieff
5.05pm Barry Finnegan (Lecturer in Media at Griffth College) talks to George Hook
