On the Vistula River, the fee for using a radio receiver is PLN 7.50 per month, and owners of televisions or TVs and radios have to pay PLN 24.50 per month. In connection with the regulation of the National Broadcasting Council, from next year the rates will increase to PLN 8.70 and PLN 27.30 per month. Those who decide to pay in advance for a longer period can count on a reduction in taxes. Among other things, citizens over 75, people with a significant degree of disability, military invalids, people repressed in the People’s Republic of Poland and who receive an old-age pension not exceeding half the average salary are exempt from taxes. The penalty for failure to register the receiver and failure to pay the RTV subscription is 30 times the monthly amount. A person or company caught doing so must also pay outstanding contributions.
Poczta Polska employees are responsible for applying the radio and television subscription. They can check if the residents of the individual buildings and the drivers have registered the receivers. Kancelaria Prawna Media’s lawyers in an interview with Wirtualnemedia.pl ensure that people who do not let inspectors in will not suffer any consequences. It is easier for Poczta Polska to check whether the citizens who registered the device pay taxes. If not, the head of the tax office can guarantee the funds on the account. Enforcement proceedings were initiated from the beginning of the year to 30 September on the basis of 39,765 enforceable titles issued in relation to the unpaid subscription fee for the use of the bankruptcy trustee. As we said earlier, you can effectively appeal in such situations. Interestingly, according to experts, due to archaic regulations, people who have a Smart TV with popular applications such as Netflix or YouTube do not have to pay for a subscription, but not connected to an antenna or a decoder.
One of the poorest public broadcasters
Residents do not have to pay for the RTV subscription, among others Vilnius, Madrid, Tallinn and Luxembourg. The LRT Public Broadcaster Act, passed in 1996, provided for the possibility of introducing a radio and television subscription. The Lithuanian Sejm changed the regulations almost unanimously in 2005. The tariff was therefore dropped and it was decided that the advertising restrictions for LRT would not be tightened. At that time, parliament ruled that advertisements cannot exceed 15 percent. daily airtime. In the event of a significant increase in public television revenues, this ceiling should be reduced to 10%. In 2015, however, advertising on antennas was completely banned LRT. The budget of the Lithuanian public broadcaster is one of the lowest among the members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It is 2.4 times lower than the EBU average.
In addition to advertising revenue, LRT is financed from the state budget. 1 per cent is earmarked for the needs of the public broadcaster. from personal income tax and 1.3 percent. excise revenue obtained by the state and local governments in the previous year. In 2021, LRT received EUR 53.8 million (around PLN 253 million), while in 2020 it was EUR 46.3 million (around PLN 217 million). Aimed at 2.8 million inhabitants of Lithuania, LRT broadcasts 3 radio stations (LRT Radijas, LRT Klasika, LRT Opus) and as many TV channels (LRT TV, LRT Plius, LRT Lituanica).
TVE financed by private operators and broadcasters
Until the end of 2009, the main source of income for the Spanish public broadcaster was advertising. The current RTVE funding model was introduced in early 2010. It prohibited the public broadcaster from broadcasting advertising, broadcasting thematic and paid channels telecom operators obliged to transfer 0.9 percent of your income. Private broadcasters have to pay up to 3% and additionally up to 1.5%. revenues for public radio and television. In addition, RTVE receives public subsidies.
As of 2023, 1.5 percent. Streaming platforms and social networking sites (e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney +, YouTube and Facebook) will also pay their annual revenues. The RTVE budget in 2023 will amount to almost EUR 1.2 billion (almost PLN 5.6 billion). This is an increase of 8.4 percent. compared to this year. RTVE’s portfolio aimed at 47.3 million Spaniards includes 7 TV channels (La 1, La 2, Canal 24 horas, Clan, TDP, TVE Internacional and Star TVE) and 6 radio stations (RNE, Radio Clásica, Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio 5 and RadioExterior de España). RTVE still broadcasts channels for autonomy and regional bands, available on the La 1 and La 2 antennas.
Estonian television is mainly financed from the budget
The introduction of a radio and television subscription has been repeatedly considered in Estonia’s nearly 1.33 million, but in the end it did not happen. The ERR is mainly funded by a budget grant. In 2022 it will amount to EUR 37.1 million (almost PLN 174 million). Sales of software licenses and services represent a small portion of revenue. For two decades, no advertisements have been broadcast by the public broadcaster, although the ERR authorities would like them to return.
According to local regulations, they can be viewed if they are part of an international broadcast of events such as the Eurovision Song Contest or the World Cup. With the consent of the counterpart of the National Broadcasting Council and the Ministry of Culture, the broadcaster can also obtain consent for advertising, if it is a question of obtaining a license for important events for the Estonian public. ERR offers three TV channels: ETV, ETV2, ETV +, five radio stations (Vikerraadio, Radio 2, Klassikaraadio, Radio 4, Radio Tallinn) and several Internet portals.
No public broadcaster
The situation is also different in 639 thousand. Luxembourg, where the RTV subscription does not exist, because the public broadcaster simply does not exist. On digital terrestrial you can receive: RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, RTL Zwee (Luxembourg), RTL-TVI (Belgium), Club RTL (Luxembourg / Belgium), Plug RTL (Belgium), RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8 (countries Bass). On digital terrestrial you can receive: RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, RTL Zwee (Luxembourg), RTL-TVI (Belgium), Club RTL (Luxembourg / Belgium), Plug RTL (Belgium), RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8 (countries Bass). RTL is also the broadcaster of a radio station in Luxembourg.
In June of this year. the local government has extended its contract to allow RTL to act as a public broadcaster. Over the period 2024-2030, the principality will spend € 97.6 million on programs in Luxembourg. This is almost € 16 million per year, or around PLN 75 million. 75% speak Luxembourgish. resident in a small country, but in secondary schools, education also takes place in French and German, and English is also becoming more and more common. The EU-funded Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom warned in a 2021 report that Luxembourg’s audiovisual media is heavily dominated by RTL. Reporters Without Borders in its Press Freedom Index, published May 3, also warned about a company’s dominance.
How much does the public media receive in Poland?
We recently reported that TVP ranks second in the world among public broadcasters after Chinese CCTV in terms of the number of TV channels broadcast. It broadcasts 21 channels (not counting the 16 additional versions of TVP3 with the recently launched mutation for Elbląg and TVP Parlament).
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Last year the revenues of Telewizja Polska increased by 7.2%. to PLN 3.25 billion and an increase in operating costs of 21.7%. to PLN 3.12 billion, the net profit decreased from PLN 198.32 to 3.89 million. The sender received PLN 1.71 billion in compensation and PLN 330 million in subscription fees.
On the other hand, the Polish radio last year. reported a 2.4 percent increase in revenue. to PLN 354.31 million and a decrease in net profit from PLN 16.12 million in profit to PLN 19.91 million in loss. Advertising revenue increased by 1%. to 41.38 million PLN, while Jedynka recorded an increase of 52%, while Trójka – a decrease of 30%. Polish radio received PLN 159.95 million from the National Broadcasting Council in subscription fees and PLN 125.92 million in compensation. It accounted for 80.58 percent. its budget, against 80.49 per cent. in 2020.
