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Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting Tithe an Oireachtais An Comhchoiste um Chumarsáid, Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaol Tuarascáil ón gComhchoiste maidir leis Craoltóireacht Seirbhíse Poiblí a Mhaoiniú sa Todhchaí A leagadh faoi bhráid dhá Theach an Oireachtais 28 Samhain 2017 Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting Laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas 28 November 2017 32CCAE002 Tithe an Oireachtais An Comhchoiste um Chumarsáid, Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaol Tuarascáil ón gComhchoiste maidir leis Craoltóireacht Seirbhíse Poiblí a Mhaoiniú sa Todhchaí A leagadh faoi bhráid dhá Theach an Oireachtais 28 Samhain 2017 Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting Laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas 28 November 2017 32CCAE002 Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting TABLE OF CONTENTS Brollach .............................................................................................................. 3 Preface ............................................................................................................... 4 1. Key Issue: The Funding Model – Short Term Solutions .......................... 6 Recommendation 1 - Fairness and Equity ............................................................ 6 Recommendation 2 – All Media Consumed ............................................................ 6 Recommendation 3 – Revenue Commissioners ...................................................... 6 Recommendation 4 – Proportional Allocation ........................................................ 6 Recommendation 5 – Restore Funding from Social Protection ................................. 7 Recommendation 6 – Consumer Price Indexation .................................................. 7 Recommendation 7 – Retransmission Fees ........................................................... 8 Recommendation 8 – Independent Production Sector ............................................ 8 Recommendation 9 – Public Service Media ........................................................... 8 2. Key Issue: Consider alternatives to the existing licence fee - Long Term / Structural Change ........................................................................................... 9 Recommendation 10 – Innovative Alternatives ...................................................... 9 3. Introduction......................................................................................... 11 Key issues from Stakeholders and Interested Parties ........................................... 14 4. Background .......................................................................................... 23 The Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) companies ............................................... 23 5. The Funding Model ............................................................................... 27 Key points arising (summary) ........................................................................... 36 Short term solutions ........................................................................................ 39 Longer term / structural change ........................................................................ 56 B. The definition of Public Service Broadcasting .............................................. 62 What is meant by ‘Public Service Broadcasting’?.................................................. 63 Appendix 1: Minister Denis Naughten T.D. – Letter to Joint Committee re Funding of Public Service Broadcasting ............................................................ 69 Appendix 2: submissions from stakeholders .................................................... 72 Appendix 3: Focus Group (findings / key points for discussion) .................... 251 Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting Appendix 4: Connect the Dots Insight Report ................................................ 252 Introduction ................................................................................................... 255 The Design of the Event ................................................................................. 255 Concept ....................................................................................................... 255 Pre-Event Co-Creation ................................................................................... 256 Pre-engagement ........................................................................................... 256 Live-Event Engagement ................................................................................. 257 Post-Event Data-Mining .................................................................................. 257 The Core: Re-imagining the consultation process .......................................... 258 (ii) Dialogue ................................................................................................. 258 (iii) Dining .................................................................................................... 258 (iv) Dialogue................................................................................................. 258 (v) Speakers ................................................................................................. 258 (vi) Closing - Sharing back and moving forward ................................................ 258 The Event Schedule ........................................................................................ 259 Insights & Trends ........................................................................................... 260 How We Analysed the Data ............................................................................. 260 Summary of Key Findings ............................................................................... 261 Session A: Defining Public Service Broadcasting ................................................ 261 Scene 1: Vision & Purpose .............................................................................. 261 Think Big - what is the ideal state look like? ..................................................... 262 Who can Public Service Broadcasting provide value to? ...................................... 262 Who can public service broadcasting benefit each of these? ................................ 262 Scene 2: Key Drivers of Change ...................................................................... 263 What are the key drivers of change ................................................................ 264 What are the effects these have on public service broadcasting? ......................... 265 Scene 3: The State of Play .............................................................................. 266 What is working? ........................................................................................... 267 What isn’t working? ....................................................................................... 267 Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting What are the gaps? ....................................................................................... 267 What are the opportunities?............................................................................ 267 Are there any unknowns or uncertainties? ........................................................ 268 Are there other models to explore? Pros / cons? ................................................ 268 Scene 4: Has the definition of PSB changed for you and how?............................. 268 Session B: Funding Model ............................................................................... 270 Scene 1: Improving and Innovating - what are potential funding mechanisms? ..... 270 Scene 2: Funding Challenges & Solutions ....................................................... 271 Scene 3: Funding - Next Steps ....................................................................... 272 Scene 4: Funding - Reflections ....................................................................... 273 Session C: Panel Debate - Tech. & The Future of Public Service ..................... 274 Broadcasting ................................................................................................ 274 Audience Questions ....................................................................................... 274 Q1: How can we fund media production when free is the new norm? ................... 275 Q2: Can PSB obligations ensure the home-grown content? ................................. 276 Q3: Could the Irish diaspora be a revenue stream for digital PSB? ....................... 277 Q4: What about removing the them BROADCASTING from PSB? ......................... 278 Audience Polls ............................................................................................... 279 Poll 1: Should ‘Broadcasting’ be removed from the term ‘PSB’? ........................... 279 Poll 2: Should the ‘TV license fee’ become the ‘Web/Media content fee’? .............. 279 Conclusion: What will happen if no action is taken? ....................................... 280 APPENDIX ...................................................................................................... 281 Appendix 5: Consultative Forum Report
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