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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you. Peter, Llyr wants to come in with a supplementary, and then we will come back to you. Is that all right?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you. We'll move on to Peter Fox.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
We'll move on to Alun Davies.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you very much. Briefly, when that change is made, how would you quantify what value you think that would bring, to have that ITV Wales content being available on ITVX? I don't mean necessarily to quantify it in monetary terms, but has that been a battle…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you. Carolyn, was there anything else you wanted to ask?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
We'll move on to Carolyn Thomas.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you, both. That's very welcome news about ITV Wales content being on ITVX. Thank you very much.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
But—forgive me, Phil—you feel confident that the negotiations, when they happen, will be undertaken in a fair way.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you, both. In terms of the negotiations that are going on with the different platforms about how this could all work, do you think that that is happening in a way that's fair? Are you happy with how those negotiations are being conducted?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you, both, so much for making the time to be with us this morning. We'll go straight into questions, if that's all right. There are a number of different areas we'd like to cover with you, but we're looking firstly at the draft Media Bill. Phil, you've…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
I'll go to you first, Phil.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Good morning. Welcome back. We're moving on to our evidence session with ITV Cymru Wales. I'll ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
And we'll be live again at 11:10 with ITV Cymru.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you very much. Members, we will now wait to hear that we're in private.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you very much for making the time this morning.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you very much.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Well, thank you so much. A transcript of what's been said will be sent you to check that it's a fair record of accuracy. There were some areas that we haven't had time to reach this morning. If it's all right, we'll write to you with…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you. And on this, because time is against us, the final word to Rhuanedd.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Just to warn witnesses, there are four minutes left of the scheduled time, so over to you with those four minutes.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Okay. Alun, you wanted to come in on that question.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Particularly the six nations.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
And do you think that in terms of the listed events schedule—because there are some exceptions that are made sometimes for Scotland—that rugby should be considered differently?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
It's rugby, for the Welsh nation in particular, that I'm taking from what you're saying that you would agree that it has a particular resonance—
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thank you very much, Carolyn. Okay, we're into our final 14 minutes. There is quite a significant area we wanted to cover, so I'll go finally to Llyr.
