Denmark scraps public TV licence fee

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Denmark scraps public TV licence fee
March 18, 2018 09.35 Europe/London By Robert Briel
Denmark is joining the growing number of European countries that have scrapped the licence fee for public broadcasting.
The Danish government has agreed on a new media agreement that is expected to come into effect on January 1, 2019. The new measures means a cut in DR’s budget of 20% Amand will do away with the TV/media licence.
At the moment, Danes pay a yearly fee of DKR2,527.00 (EUR339), of which public broadcaster DR receives the bulk to the tune of DKR3.7 billion this year. Part of the licence fee also goes to the regional windows of TV2, which is mainly financed by advertising.
Among the European countries that have abolished the public broadcasting licence fee are Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta, Belgium, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, and Iceland. There is no licence fee in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Russia, Spain and Ukraine.

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What is this Abolished ??????? Norway has the highest LICENSE FEE OF ALL. 2.970,24.NOK. IN Finland You pay FEE AS WELL but you pay it through you Income tax,I live here and it is around 100
Euro for my part. I lived 18 years in Denmark and I believe they will suffer great losses.Radio and TV in Iceland,the fee is 17200 Icelandic Kroner(140.38 Euro)