as reported in http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=5233
In 2013, US free-to-air broadcatsers benefited from around $3.3 billion in fees from Pay-TV providers which was less than 3% of the operators revenues and ITV has said that their investment of £1bn into original production is justification enough for retransmission fees.
Chief executive Adam Crozier said the introduction of such fees would "have clear benefits for the UK creative industries and the wider economy". He added: "The majority of viewing on these pay-TV platforms is PSB programming, yet ITV, whether as producer or broadcaster investing in creating that content, doesn't receive any payment—despite the fact that pay-TV platforms pay commercial terms for other channels."