TV license fee revenue well down on last year, urgent action required

According to the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV), in the first half of this year, the TV license fee income was zł. 18 million lower than for the same period last year. At yesterday's assembly, the Council instructed its head, Danuta Waniek, to appeal to the PM to take some action aimed at introducing legislative solutions that would execute the payment of license fees more effectively. The consequences of smaller incomes from license fees will be borne, in the first place, by small state-owned r egional radio stations, 84% of whose budgets consist of license fee money. It has been suggested that the whole area of license fees should be re gulated by a new radio and television Act. (www.onet.pl) K.Z.