Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006
Public bill · Government · Presented
The Bill would create a more flexible system for licensing digital television and radio services, including publicly advertised contracts for bundles of channels and possible local or regional services. It would support the move from analogue broadcasting to digital, protect access to RTÉ and TG4, allow TV3 and possible Northern Irish services onto digital platforms, and let RTÉ use public funds to broadcast services to Irish communities abroad.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to make further provision in relation to Broadcasting, for that purpose to make further provision in relation to the supply of programme material for the purpose of its being transmitted and the transmission of such material and related and other data by digital means, in relation to the combination of such programme material, in relation to the broadcasting of certain services to Irish communities outside the island of Ireland, in relation to the discontinuance of certain broadcasting services transmitted by analogue means, to confer additional functions on the Commission for Communications Regulations, Radio Telefís Éireann, the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and Teilifís na Gaeilge, to confer power subject to licence on Teilifís na Gaeilge, to amend the Broadcasting Authority Acts 1960 to 2001 and certain other enactments and to provide for related matters
Last updated 13 April 2018
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- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Financial Resolution. Dáil
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. Dáil
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. Seanad
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage. Seanad
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Seanad
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. Seanad
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. Seanad