Television licensing in Sweden
The television licence fee (Swedish: TV-avgift) in Sweden funds the country's three public-service broadcasting organizations – Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio, and Sveriges Utbildningsradio – enabling them to provide national and local radio and television services designed to educate, inform and entertain, free of commercial advertising.[1] Part of the licence fee revenue is also used to fund Radiotjänst i Kiruna, the private corporation tasked with collecting the fee. The level of the fee is set by the Riksdag and currently (March 2009) stands at 2,076 SEK[2] (about €221 / US$302) per annum.
The fee pays for five TV channels and 45 radio channels as well as TV and radio on the internet. In Sweden, the term "television licence" (TV-licens) was replaced a few years ago by "television fee" (TV-avgift), which was felt to be less ambiguous. The fee is payable per household equipped to receive television broadcasts, not per TV set. Although the fee also pays for radio broadcasting, there is no separate fee chargeable for radio ownership alone.
[edit] References
- ^ Sveriges Television
- ^ "Radiotjänst". http://www.radiotjanst.se/en/. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
[edit] External links
- Lag (1989:41) om TV-avgift (The law governing Television licensing in Sweden.)
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