Moves towards media partnerships: Spark boss
The Managing Director for Spark NZ, says multinationals like Google and Facebook need to pay their fair share of the tax
bill.
Last year Spark paid $140 million of tax while Google paid just $250,000 he said.
While he admits they are not breaking the law, he says they pay “no tax, really, anywhere in the world” and that they
simply must “do the right thing”.
Speaking to Corin Dann on TV One’s Q+A programme, Mr Moutter also said that there is an evolving move to media
partnerships but they don’t have formal partnerships.
“So, TVNZ has an on-demand service today that our mobile and home customers use. So it’s running on our networks. What
we really focus on in Spark is the app-based delivery of on-demand video services and music,” he said.
“There’s a worldwide belief that most media is going to be delivered via the internet in the next few years. Today a lot
of is delivered across the air on broadcast networks, but it’s going to be delivered via Spark and Vodafone’s networks
in New Zealand. “
Q+A, 9-10am Sundays on TV ONE and one hour later on TV ONE plus 1. Repeated Sunday evening at 11:35pm. Streamed live atwww.tvnz.co.nz
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