Hynek Chudárek

Czech manager

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Jun 15
Czech government scraps TV and radio licence fees, shifting public media to state budget with billion-crown cuts
The Czech cabinet today approved the abolition of television and radio licence fees, replacing them with direct state budget financing that will cut the annual incomes of public broadcasters by over a billion crowns. The move, which opposition figures and media unions decry as a threat to editorial independence, triggers a 24-hour staff strike and protest marches in Prague.