[cma-l] Austrian Community Media recognition and fund

[jaqui devereux]

Tuesday, 26 May 2009
The Austrian Parliament has passed legislation recognizing Community Media
that includes a legal definition of non-commercial Radio and Television as
specific form of broadcast media.

The text also includes a "fund for noncommercial broadcasters (Radio, TV)",
1 Million Euro per year, administered by the Austrian Media Regulator RTR
and financed partly from broadcasting fees.
Among the aims of the Fund for the Promotion of non-commercial
broadcasting':
- To encourage the private noncommercial broadcasting and its contents the
Austrian Broadcasting regulator receives RTR 1 million euros per year from
revenues from broadcasting fees.
- To promote the non-commercial broadcasting within the Austrian media
landscape and its support in the provision of diverse and high-quality
programs, which in particular contribute to the promotion of the Austrian
Culture, the Austrian and European identity, the information and education
of the Austrian population.

Grants may be used for production costs, financial support of projects that
lead to production or broadcasting of programmes, training offers, research
and surveys.

Noncommercial broadcasters are those that are no profit-oriented, whose
program contains no advertising and who provide open access to the public.

http://www.communitymedia.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=28
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