TG4 needs ‘extra €14m a year’

THE Government should increase funding for TG4 by €14 million a year to €44m by 2008, a new report recommends, or risk more job losses in the Gaeltacht areas.

Screen Producers Ireland (SPI), the television and film industry lobby group, says the additional funding is vital if the Irish-language station is to continue providing indigenous programming.

If the Government fails to increase the station’s budget, SPI fears that many independent producers could lose their jobs and TG4 would have to rely on more English language programming.