Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Ros in the Lords: Broadcasting : Re-transmission fees

I am still fearfully behind with Ros's contributions, and here's one from 15 February last year...

As part of Ros's Industry and Parliament Trust Fellowship on Media, she has discovered much about how our television companies operate, and discovering that the BBC pay Sky to broadcast their programmes, she was moved to wonder why this should be...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market (Liberal Democrat)

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans, as part of consultations on the draft Communications Bill or otherwise, to review the "must offer" obligation and the level of payment required from the BBC to BSkyB in exchange for the broadcast of BBC programmes on BSkyB platforms.


Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat)

The question of re-transmission fees (paid by broadcasters such as the BBC to platforms such as BskyB) will be considered in the communications review Green Paper to be published early this year.

I suppose that I ought to find out what happened in the end...

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