RTÉ urges Irish government to allow licence fee increase
From Media Network Weblog
Posted July 4 2009, 12.42pm
Irish households face the prospect of paying more for their TV licence to help offset potential losses of €68 million at RTÉ. The broadcaster also wants a crackdown on the estimated 14% of households who do not pay the licence fee, describing the percentage of defaulters as “high by international standards”. RTÉ has urged the Government [...
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