I would like RTÉ to be broken up, says Ryan

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Eamon Ryan has said he would like to see RTÉ broken up to allow it focus on broadcasting and give another company responsibility for the country’s masts and transmission infrastructure.

The state broadcaster has been asked to develop a network of 51 digital television masts at a cost of €70 million and get these working by 2012.

This would complete phase one of a free digital television package and allow for the existing analogue aerials and masts to be switched off.