Find out more about the TV and public service radio levy. We find here in pictures, the educational spot of the 70s, the opinions of the policies on this subject, but also questions around the future of this tax in the digital age.
Information spot of the Service de la redevance: in a village, a couple goes to the appliance dealer to buy a television set. She would like to buy a radio, he objected to the cost of the license for two devices. They do not know the single account of the charge for the same place of residence...
In a special program of "Microphones and Cameras" devoted to the budget of the ORTF and presented by Jacques Locquin. François Henri de Virieu presented the revenues that come largely from the levy.
Report on the audiovisual levy. Television can no longer be viewed only on a TV set but behind different screens, computers, tablets or smartphones for the younger ones. Hence the idea in Germany and now in France of no longer charging the licence fee to television owners alone. The Senate has proposed a report and the idea is appealing to the executive. Commentary on various illustration images, alternating with infographic cards, a microsidewalk and interviews with David ASSOULINE, Senator PS of Paris, and Catherine MORIN-DESAILLY, Senator UDI of Seine-Maritime.
A report on the history of the audiovisual licence since its inception in 1949 and explanations of its redistribution in the public broadcasting sector as a whole. Comparison with the countries of the European Union. Montage of archive images and telepavements.
Sonia Devilliers receives David Assouline, Senator PS, rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Education and Communication, to talk about the royalty and the independence of public broadcasting.
Philippe DOUSTE BLAZY answers a question from Jean Luc MANO on the hybrid system of financing (royalty and advertising) of public television: "if we wanted to eliminate advertising, we would have to increase the royalty by 40%, but there are already too many compulsory levies; it cannot be increased beyond inflation'.
Interview with Jean Philippe Lecat, Minister of Culture and Communication on the importance of the public audiovisual service and its financial health.
Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister, goes back on the financing of public broadcasting through the audiovisual levy and believes that for the quality of the programmes, "the fee is not expensive". He thinks that there is too much advertising on the air, but that it is an important source of funding and that eliminating it would double the royalty.