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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Ferghal Blaney

Irish viewers could lose TV favourites like The Crown and Corrie in EU law change

Fans of shows like The Crown, Coronation Street and quizzers’ favourite, The Chase, could be left without their telly fix under new laws being progressed by EU chiefs.

One of the unintended consequences of Brexit is that deals on funding and broadcasting rights and quotas across Europe and with near neighbours have to change.

The proposed changes would see EU-based broadcasters in Ireland, like RTE and Virgin Media, having to broadcast up to half of their programming as 'made in the EU.'

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