

“So whether you’re Sky taking a billion euro a year out of Ireland and putting nothing back, in every other country in Europe they’re introducing these levies. “The Audio-Visual Services directives, which is the EU Parliament law, already allows for individual countries to put a levy on content suppliers. "There are many models in various countries they can look at. “The licence fee − they need to think about something else, a different type of charge. “If you want Irish people to watch Irish content whether it is on Virgin Media or RTE, they need to have the money to pay for it,” he said.
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Larry Bass, creator of some of Ireland’s most-loved TV shows including Dancing With The Stars, has blasted Ministers for ignoring Irish broadcasting − saying legislation needs to be imposed on giant US-based content providers who will “dwarf RTE” if nothing is done. A top telly boss has warned RTE’s Montrose will “burn” if the Government doesn’t impose a levy on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon.
