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Czechia Scraps Mandatory TV Fee and Cuts State Media by 15%

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is abolishing household license fees and cutting public broadcasting budgets by SEK 640 million ($60M), prompting journalists to call a strike. In Sweden, state broadcasters SVT, SR, and UR receive SEK 9.67 billion ($920M) in taxpayer funding this year.

Czechia Scraps Mandatory TV Fee and Cuts State Media by 15%
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