Two-Thirds of Czechs Oppose Transfer of Public Media Under State Control

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More than two-thirds of Czechs want Czech Television and Czech Radio to remain independent from the state and private owners. This is according to a survey by STEM/MARK agency for ČT. More than half of those polled support funding for public media from the state budget. Staff at both institutions are on strike on Tuesday 3 November over concerns about their independence.

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The Czechs declared “no” to state control over the media! 🗳️ About 68% of respondents are in favor of the independence of public media, emphasizing the importance of financing from the state budget. Protests in defense of public broadcasting are gaining momentum, and public opinion remains divided. 🇨🇿

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Two-thirds of Czechs surveyed do not want public media to be controlled by the state.

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Prague - Two-thirds of people do not want public service media to be under state control, a STEM/MARK survey for Czech Television (ČT) from the end of October showed. More than half of Czechs (54 percent) currently prefer to transfer funding to the state budget, but only 23 percent of them would advocate enforcing the current form of the law. Less than a third are in favor of transferring it to the state budget, but with a secured method of fina…

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Employees of Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (ČRo) are concerned about the independence of both media outlets due to the abolition of fee systems, so they will go on strike on Tuesday. According to the findings of a flash survey by the STEM/MARK agency for ČT, 68 percent of people agree that public service media should remain outside the control of the state or private owner.