Published 13 May 2024 at 09.54
Media. SVT and SR should not be allowed to compete with Bonniers and other newspaper owners by publishing text articles on the internet. It is one of the points in the proposal for new legislation for public service.
Share the article
TwittraShare
– Although the content mandate is proposed to be technology neutral, the committee emphasizes that the mandate must be fulfilled through sound or moving image, says investigator Göran Hägglund at a press conference today.
The state companies are not tasked with running an internet newspaper, he emphasizes.
SR and SVT must also be given the right to shut down some of its channels, according to the investigation.
The companies will also become more expensive for the taxpayers. The grants in 2026 must increase by three percent and then by two percent between 2027 and 2030.
Parts of the investigation have been leaked recently and hinted that there is a major split between the Tidö parties and the opposition regarding the future of the public service companies. But Göran Hägglund downplays the contradictions.
– The agreement is greater than one might have imagined. The agreement applies, among other things, to the important issues relating to public service assignments. It should continue to be broadly formulated and that the business should not be regulated in detail, says Göran Hägglund.