Every German household will have to have TV licence from 2013
Published on 06-24-2010
Source: Rapid TV
Every single household in Germany will have to pay a flat fee of €17.98 per month for a TV licence regardless of whether they have a TV or not under a new law due to come into force on January 1 2013.
The change will see public broadcasters ARD and ZDF getting an extra billion euros to fund government propaganda following the decision by the prime ministers of the federal states made on June 9 in Berlin.
40 million German households will have to pay the fee from 2013.
There are currently 33.5 million TV sets registered.
The change is expected to boost revenue from TV licences from 7.2 to 8.5 billion, according to expoerts.
The change comes as ARD is making headlines for axing a political talk show host Anne Will, who has interviewed guest Edmund Stoiber warning of collapse of the euro, among others.
Will is to be replaced by popular TV showmaster Gunther Jauch in what appears to be a government driven effort to bring the media into line with the power elite.
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