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The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) ((アイルランド語:Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann)) was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) ((アイルランド語:Coimisiún Craolacháin na hÉireann)). The BAI is the regulator of both public and commercial broadcasting sector in Ireland. ==History== *The Authority came into being under the Broadcasting Act 2009. Prior to its establishment on 31 September 2009, as a Commission, it was set up as the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) under the terms of the Radio and Television Act, 1988.〔http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1988/en/act/pub/0020/index.html〕 This act allowed the first legal stations not operated by RTÉ to come into existence. Prior to this commercial broadcasting in Ireland had been unlicensed and illegal. Despite this a thriving pirate radio scene existed. The Act sought to bring this under a regulatory framework. *From 1989 onwards the Commission began to licence Independent Local Radio stations. It also sought to introduce a national radio and television service. But while ILR was mostly successful, both national efforts ran into difficulty. *In the case of the radio service, Century Radio, it went bankrupt within months, issues surrounding the then Minister for Justice and Communications Ray Burke were also raised as he sought to deregulate the system. In 1997 Radio Ireland won the contract for Ireland's commercial national Radio service, now Today FM. Meanwhile, the selected contractor for the television service TV3, took eight years to find a backer before it finally went on air. *The Broadcasting Act, 2001〔http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0004/index.html〕 gave the Commission its most recent past name and increased its powers. It can now issue contracts for broadcasting via cable, satellite, and most recently DTT under a different model from 2001 Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007, and can also develop codes in relation to various broadcasting activities. The first, a code on children's advertising, has proved highly controversial. Under the Broadcasting Act 2009〔http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2008/2908/b2908s.pdf〕 the Commission has been abolished and its powers transferred to the new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Contract Awards Committee. The BAI incorporates the role of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission for Ireland and also the regulatory powers of the RTÉ Authority and Teilifís na Gaeilge, these now having simply corporate governance and strategic roles, losing their self-regulatory roles. While the contract award process will not be radically altered, the Authority will now have powers to fine stations rather than having to remove their contracts. *The Commission also operated the Broadcasting Funding Scheme or Sound & Vision which distributes 5% of the collected TV licence to projects on film, TV and radio and under the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, this will continue, including increased requirements for spend on indigenous programming. This is further to the Broadcasting (Funding) Act 2003. So far over €30 Million euro has been invested into the audio visual sector in Ireland as a result of the scheme, enabling 280 projects to be funded and broadcast in peak listener/viewer times.〔http://www.bci.ie/broadcast_funding_scheme/index.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Broadcasting Authority of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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