Expert Selection: All households should pay NRK license – NRK

– Our advice is to make a long-term and robust funding for high legitimacy and public acceptance in the future, says Tore Olaf Rimmereid.

Rimmereid, which is NRK earlier administrative and financial officer, has led efforts to examine how the public broadcaster should be funded in the future.

All households must pay

According Rimmereid have expert committee concluded that the current license collection, which is linked to television sets, not forward-looking.

SUGGEST AMENDMENT: Tore Olaf Rimmereid has led expert committee.

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A majority of the Committee believes that NRK license not berries be tied to whether you have television or not, but if one disposes of a dwelling.

– the contribution will be in line with what households pay today or maybe a little less, say Rimmereid who believe the new scheme is confused like the old.

today license fee of 2834.70 million.

– Many people will not experience any great difference, says Rimmereid.

Young does not use TV

the proposal is, according Rimmereid, that the use of NRK is changing. The Committee believes that fewer people will use television in the future.

– The younger generation does not look at NRK television but smartphones PCs or tablets. They have a completely different way using NRK than what we’ve seen historically, and it must be the collection of license Broadcasting assimilating says Rimmereid.

discourages tax model

the Committee has over the past year spent much time looking at the license solutions other countries have chosen.

– We find no clear answer to this, there is no quick fix, says Rimmereid.

Among the arrangements committee has looked at is the Finnish model, which is a tax financing of the national broadcaster.

– it would have meant that one had made a own NRK tax that would be collected over other taxes. We have considered the model and determined that it is not something we recommends, says Rimmereid.

Broadcasting boss is ready to debate

Broadcasting Chief Thor Gjermund Eriksen says he looks forward to reading the report to be presented on Friday.

READY fOR DEBATE: According to broadcasting chief Thor Gjermund Eriksen believes that it is time to change the NRK license.

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– It’s a perfect time to take this discussion now. The current arrangement is working, never more paid license. But we must be prepared that fewer households will have TV’s in the future, says Eriksen.

According to Eriksen should think long term when deciding how the new licensing system to work but that NRK’s ​​editorial independence must be preserved. Moreover, he believes that the scheme must also be legitimate and perceived as fair by the public, in addition to being robust in relation to the development of new technology.

– This is a strength for NRK that payment goes right of audience to NRK, and is not part of the state budget, says Eriksen, adding that he believes politicians will make a decision within a year.