Proposes cut in state support – while the NRK licence fee remains at the same level – Dagens Næringsliv

March 2017

This is kulturbudsjettet 2017.

Published: 06.10.2016 — 10:06 Updated: 06.10.2016 — 11:01

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• the Government writes that Kulturbudsjettet in 2017 is on the total of 13.5 billion dollars. Hovedsatsningene oppsumeres in three parts: “Cultural and creative industry, cultural heritage and the facilitation of multiple sources of funding to the arts”.
  
• the Government proposes to allocate over nok 70 million for measures that will facilitate growth and development in the cultural and creative industry, and strengthen the artists ‘ opportunities for increased revenues. The initiative includes all of the expression, according to the culture Linda Hofstad Helleland.

• state support cut by ten million, from 313 million to 303 million.

• the Government proposes that the kringkastingsavgiften will be continued at the same level as in 2016, it will say 2577 million without vat. NRK asked even if an increase of 30 million.

• the Government allocating 50 million to istandsetting and upgrades of the church and the museum building.

• the Government increase the gaveforsterkningsordningen with six million, and increase the support for Talent Norway with five million

• the Government also proposes to increase the so-called filminsentivordningen with nok 10.8 million in 2017.

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the Norwegian media gets little to cheer for in the budget. NRK asked in advance about the increase in kringkastingsavgiften on 30 dollars, but get nothing extra.

the Ministry of culture writes in a press release that, if one takes into account the increased fee and increased the number of lisensbetalere, “has lisensinntektene overall increased by nominal 1 831 million, from 3 581 million in 2006 to 5 412 million in 2015. This corresponds to an increase of 51.1 percent.”

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– Not needed

- NRK has carried out several measures to enhance efficiency and innsparingstiltak the last few years. Inntektsutviklingen the last ten years, in addition to the streamlining NRK has been through, suggests that there is financial scope to further develop the NRK within the current utgiftsrammer, says culture Linda Hofstad Helleland.

- It is not necessary to increase the kringkastingsavgiften now. Kringkastingsavgiften to the NRK has increased more than the general price inflation in the last ten years, while the number of lisensbetalere has increased, ” says culture Linda Hofstad Helleland.

Helleland suggest at the same time cuts in state support of ten million, and reap not surprisingly, criticism from the Labour party mediepolitiske spokesman, Arild Grande.

I don’t realize that they once again are trying to cut to a mediebransje in crisis and consult about collective redundancies, type Grande in a text message.

Media industry disappointed

chairman of the board of The landsforbudn, Tove Nedreberg, is disappointed.

– It is disappointing that kulturministeren once again cuts in state support. She is well acquainted with how tough times it is in the industry. Now the media houses predictability, but this she has chosen to look away from, ” says Tove Nedreberg, chairman of the board in the MBL.

She points out that it is the third time in a year and a half that state support be cut and if the cut is not reversed in the budsjettforhandlingene will advertising be cut by 20 million since the summer of 2015.

Also the national Team for local newspapers is disappointed over the cut.

the Government should have raised the produksjonstilskuddet powerful to show that they will provide the newspaper industry boost in difficult omstillingstider. The industry is struggling to maintain earnings, also the local papers marks. An increase in support would have been to prevent, at the very least reduced several cuts affecting journalism, says secretary general Rune Hetland and chairman of the board Roar V. to argue that immigration in the national Team for local newspapers (LLA) in a statement.

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Has been announced

Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland has the last few weeks received criticism for being too preoccupied by sports and media.

And the criticism peaked when she chose to go on a conference on sport and faith in the Vatican the same day that the state budget will be presented. It is namely Hellelands first budget that culture, after that she took over for Thorhild Widvey in December last year.

Kulturbudsjettforslaget is 465 million higher than when the Thorhild Widvey was culture in 2015.

This means an increase of 3.6 per cent.

Culture, sport and volunteering fill our lives with content. They give us a strong community in the entire country. It is important for the government with good public funding of things that are important to us. In the budget for 2017, the priority we lift the creative industry. The government proposes to allocate over nok 70 million for measures that will facilitate growth and development in the cultural and creative industry, and strengthen the artists ‘ opportunities for increased revenues. The initiative includes all expressions, says culture Linda Hofstad Helleland.

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