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}}</ref> further divides their majority share to 66% for television and 34% for the radio, and sets out further financial rules.
According to law, advertisements and a number of other sources of income are allowed to HRT. However, the percentage of air time which may be devoted to advertising is limited by law to 9% per hour, and is lower than the one that applies to commercial broadcasters. In addition, other rules govern
Croatian television law was formed in compliance with the [[European Convention on Transfrontier Television]] that Croatia had joined between 1999 and 2002.<ref name="ectt-cets-132"/>
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====Denmark====
The licence fee in [[Denmark]] is 2,260 [[DKK|kr]]<ref name="DR.dk">[http://www.dr.dk/OmDR/About%20DR/20061123155622.htm The Licence - dr.dk/OmDR<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (around [[Euro|€]]300) (2010) in media licence fee (which applies to all TVs, computers with
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====Germany====
The licence fee in [[Germany]] ([[Gebühreneinzugszentrale]]) is [[Euro|€]] 204.36 per annum for TV and radio, and [[Euro|€]] 66.24 for just radio.<ref>[http://www.gez.de/door/gebuehren/faqs/index.html#8 Gez Faqs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It is billed by the month, but typically paid quarterly (yearly payments are possible). The unemployed, disabled and people (nearly) solely dependent on governmental support for living do not need to pay the licence fee. Starting in 2007, the German government will establish a licence fee for the first working Internet link (e.g. mobile phone or PC) in a household or a company if it is the only source for radio and television. These devices will be charged the radio fee. The licence fee has to be paid even if the device is not attached or has no immediate capabilities to connect to
The licence fee is used to fund the public broadcasters [[ZDF]], [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]], and [[Deutschlandradio]], [[ARTE]] and the public "Third Programmes" TV channels and all public radio stations as well. Their budgets are often supplemented by limited advertisements at certain hours of the day. Germany currently has one of the largest public broadcast budgets in the world. Their annual revenue is roughly EUR 7.6 billion (which is approximately twice as much as the European and Russian space programs combined), plus EUR 500 million in commercial ads. Nevertheless the board of public broadcasters sued the German states for interference with their budgeting process, and on September 11, 2007, they achieved a total victory at the Supreme Court, rendering their institution as an independent and self-governing body.
Public broadcasters have announced that they are determined to strongly utilize all available ways to access their "customers" and as such have started a very broad
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The current licence fee ({{lang-sv|TV-avgift}}, literally ''TV fee'') in [[Sweden]] is 2076 [[Swedish krona|kr]]<ref name="SwedenOfficial">{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotjanst.se/en/ |title=Radiotjänst |accessdate=2009-03-03 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref> (about [[Euro|€]]200 / £187) per annum. It is collected on behalf of the three public broadcasters ([[Sveriges Television]], [[Sveriges Radio]] and [[Sveriges Utbildningsradio]]) by [[Radiotjänst i Kiruna|Radiotjänst i Kiruna AB]], which is jointly owned by them.
The fee pays for five TV channels, 45 radio channels as well as TV and
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{{Main|Television licensing in the United Kingdom|Television licensing in the United Kingdom (historical)}}
A television licence is required to receive any live television transmission in the United Kingdom, whether it is received via terrestrial, satellite, cable or the
It is set annually by the [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] with the [[BBC]] responsible for collecting payment. As it is classified in law as a tax,<ref name="Select Committee 20060303">{{cite web |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldbbc/128/128i.pdf |title=Further Issues for BBC Charter Review |accessdate=2008-08-15 |work=House of Lords Session Report |publisher=The Stationery Office Limited |date=3 March 2006 }}</ref> evasion is a criminal offence.
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