23.04.2009

Working group proposes: TV fees to be collected until the end of 2010

A parliamentary working group set by Minister of Communications Lindén to clarify the financing of the Finnish Broadcasting Company proposes the removal of the current TV fee by the end of 2010. As of 2011, a household-specific public service media fee would be collected. Many companies would also be liable to pay. The working group proposes that the fees be collected by the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA).

The current TV fee system will remain unchanged until further notice. Currently, TV fee customers need not do anything that differs from the former practice. Customers will be informed separately of eventual changes and their effects e.g. by means of letters attached to the TV fee bill. Customers are recommended to check what has been written about TV fees on the websites www.tv-maksu.fi and www.ficora.fi, for example.