According to a report in yesterday’s Sunday Times a non-terrestrial TV channel devoted to the European Parliament will receive most of its funding from the European Union.
The channel, which has been rumoured since January (Newsline 04/01), will be called the Citizen’s Channel and feature unedited debates of proceedings in Brussels. More than £700,000 has been set aside by the EU to help set the channel up and half of its estimated £8 million annual running costs will also be met by the EU.
It is hoped that the other half of the running costs will be met from company sponsorship. Europa-Vision, a non-profit Dutch-based organisation, is one of the main companies behind the launch.
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