North Macedonia

[MK] Distribution of Licence Fee Revenue

IRIS 2005-2:1/34

Kathrin Berger

Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels

On 15 December 2004, the Broadcasting Council of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia announced a provisional decision on the allocation of licence fee revenue to radio and TV productions of public interest. A total of 167 projects were chosen to receive funding, which will support 56 TV projects, 43 radio projects and 14 film productions. So far, less than 10% of the funds have gone to film productions. The main beneficiaries will be Macedonian- and Albanian-language productions, although some minority language films will also receive support (Roma, Turkish, Bosnian).