Crisis-hit production companies have called on the Government to introduce a levy on Netflix, Sky, Disney+ and other streaming platforms to help fund programme makers in Ireland.
It comes as Larry Bass, head of the independent TV production company Shinawil — which makes Dancing With The Stars and Home Of The Year — told the Irish Mail on Sunday the independent sector cannot rely solely on RTÉ and Virgin Media TV to survive.
Mr Bass, whose company has only had one hour of television programming commissioned by the national broadcaster over the past year, said the funding model for TV and media in Ireland was ‘broken’.
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