New legislation
The government coalition has presented a draft law on public service media, which is to replace television and radio fees with funding from the state budget from 1 January 2027. The material is still in the commenting phase, so it is not an approved change.
The proposal envisages that Czech Television and Czech Radio will no longer receive money directly from fees from households and companies, but from a separate chapter of the state budget. For 2027, Czech Television is to receive CZK 5.74 billion and Czech Radio CZK 2.07 billion, a total of CZK 7.8 billion. This amount is to be increased annually by inflation, but by no more than five per cent. Other sources of income are to remain, for example, advertising or the sale of rights.
In addition to the change in funding, the proposal is intended to create a new unified legal framework for the operation of public service media. According to the information published so far, Czech Television and Czech Radio are not to be merged, the boards of both institutions are to be preserved and their management is to be supervised by the Supreme Audit Office. For the public, the adoption of the law would mean the end of the current fees, but as the draft has only just entered the legislative process, its final form may still change
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