Virgin Media to review spending on journalism amid claim RTÉ bailout is reward for ‘all-round bad practice’
New compliance measures planned to clamp down on evasion of TV licenceMinister can’t say how much RTÉ bailout will be each year on top of licence fee€725m in funding guaranteed for RTÉ over three years‘Significant milestone’ – Taoiseach
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VIRGIN Media is to review its spending on news and current affairs journalism after the government’s decision to give crisis-hit RTÉ a multi-million bailout.
In a hard-hatting statement, Managing Director of Virgin Media Television Áine Ní Chaoindealbháin said it is “extremely disappointed” by the Cabinet’s decision to guarantee €725m for RTÉ over the next three years.
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