The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling
on Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi to rule out any
taxpayer-funded purchase or bailout for Mediaworks’s
channel Three.
Taxpayers’ Union
spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “For the last few months
Mediaworks has been angling for some kind of government
assistance. Today’s announcement is its final move. The
Minister may be tempted to be seen ‘saving’ channel
Three by giving it a bailout or taking it under the
Government’s wing as a quasi-state broadcaster.”
“This would be a raw deal for taxpayers. The
traditional, costly free-to-air television model is no
longer profitable. It needs to evolve, not be artificially
propped up by taxpayers.”
“It will be sad to see
channel Three closed, but in its place we should expect
something new and leaner to
emerge.”
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