(Dagbladet): – Before knocking NRK on the door and asked if people had television, but with the funding we now recommend keeping it that you disposes of a dwelling, says head of Rimmereid Committee and CEO of E-CO Energi, Tore Olaf Rimmereid, to Dagbladet.
since October
On behalf of the Ministry of Culture has Rimmereid since last October led expert group that has studied how Norwegian people will pay to use NRK in coming years . He has a background as CFO of state channel.
The remaining members of the committee is professor of economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Sissel Jensen, professor of journalism at Volda, Johan Roppen and CEO of ESV Digital, Bente Sollid Storehaug.
Friday at ten o’clock deliver the report “Financing @NRK” to Culture Minister Linda Hofstad Helleland (H ), and the expert Panel has considered six different models for financing. During the year, the politicians decide on one of them.
The current arrangement with the license fee is one of them, but the overall signal range transmitter is however crystal clear.
– not suitable
Rimmereid Committee concludes that “the current basis for the collection of the license fee is not suitable for the future.”
– collection of license money works itself good. Most pay, few complaints about the scheme and people are happy, but it is not progressive. Share with a television receiver is falling, and it is flowing that is the way forward, continue Rimmereid.
NRK contributions
For inspiration, the Committee analyzed various financing schemes in other countries with state broadcasters . They have mainly addressed the Denmark, Sweden, England, Finland, the Netherlands and Germany.
However, it is the system the Germans and the Danes Rimmereid committee found most interesting, and thus bases its recommended proposals on.
the major difference from the current license fee is that both payment models are based on Norwegians who disposes of own home , not the tV signal that is connected to your household.
the proposal that three out of four members of the committee recommends the Ministry of Culture has been named “NRK contributions” (German model) and can be summarized as follows: Owner or disposes of a housing, you pay NRK.
This Commission recommends:
- Payment for NRK will be about the same, or lower . Today’s license fee is in 2016 at 2834.70 per year.
- But instead of that payment obligation linked to whether the household has a TV receiver, the linked to you owning a home. It should only be paid one entry per residential unit.
- “NRK contribution” does not take a position on whether there are appliances in the home that is suitable for consumption by NRK contents. Read: game consoles, tablet computers, mobile phones or TV sets.
- Lise Department says that now even for the collection and NRK receives income.
- Since all predisposing own home pay “NRK contributions” exempted companies and institutions. That’s because private payments also include the use in the workplace, says the committee.
Should be easy
The last member of the committee, Johan vanguard, wants a solution called “NRK tax “(Danish model). The main features are the same but the payment obligation is defined by whether one owns appliances that enables streaming its content.
– Some might argue that it may be unreasonable to have to pay as long as you disposes of a dwelling, and without at all is using NRK’s services, but it will apply very few households, says Rimmereid continues:
– it is also very complicated to define flow equipment all have, and a login system, we believe will break with the requirement that it should be easy to use NRK.
Can be NRK tax
the remaining proposals for financing NRK baker contribution from the Norwegian population into a separate tax scheme. The proposals are as follows:
- NRK tax on ordinary income (Finnish model).
- NRK tax on personal income (Finnish model without undertaking).
- General tax financing (Dutch model).
– We believe that it is not desirable to add for NRK under the state budget as an income tax. It will be able to go beyond NRK independence. In the Netherlands, so you pretty quickly that politicians began to cut budgets, says Rimmereid.
– A good solution
NRK supreme leader, broadcasting chief Thor Gjermund Eriksen, believes that a household charge is a good solution.
– I can not say anything other than that I would be happy with it, but for us there is no crisis. The current licensing system allows us never had more paying, but it will face major challenges in a few years, Eriksen says to Dagbladet.
Broadcasting the say they are worried about a possible arrangement where the financing is done through tax and budget.
– It has one bad experience with other countries, and I want to emphasize that we want to safeguard our independence. Nonetheless, we believe that the solution should be legitimate and fair to the public, says Eriksen.
– Lite difference
– you mean to demand payment of all Norwegians who disposes of a property’s fair?
– Yes, that’s it. In practice, there will be little difference, but it is not a discussion I want to go into before I’ve seen the report. Now I look forward to seeing solutions to the range, and then you have to find a model that has legitimacy.
politician Ib Thomsen’s Progress Party’s representative on the Standing Committee on family and cultural Affairs. He is critical of the recommended household tax.
– This solution is not a notch better than the current arrangement. The only difference is that they go further. “NRK contribution” makes it easier for those who require the money, but offers less choice, says Thomsen told Dagbladet.
– Think brand new
Media Attorney Jon Wessel-Aas supports the proposal if a household fee, but thinks that Norway must rethink completely.
– There is no guarantee that we will have a mast dont named NRK that gets the whole pot. The funds can be distributed to other media players so that people get content democracy need. For example, support for journalistic projects. One must be bold enough to think completely different, says Wessel-Aas told Dagbladet.
Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland (H) told Dagbladet that the government does not decide on a solution until the autumn. Therefore, she did not want to comment on the report at this time.
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