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President of RTP ensures that it will end the year with a turnover of EUR 209 million.
“We as revenue provided approximately € 200.1 million and is expected to [RTP] ends with revenues of 209 million euros,” revealed yesterday the chairman administration of RTP. Alberto da Ponte, who spoke at the parliamentary committee on Ethics, Citizenship and Communication, said that public television has had a reduction of public funds in the order of € 75 million between 2011 and 2014 and that the reduction of internal costs amounted to 44 million euros. Furthermore, between 2011 and the end of this year, we are witnessing a reduction of 400 employees.
The manager, who is completing two years ahead of RTP, said that the company failed to reduce all personnel costs that expected, which includes the impact of the decision of the Constitutional Court on wage cuts. Alberto da Ponte stressed that “it is more transparent model” of the contribution rate for the audiovisual (CAV), when compared with the compensation, which ended late last year.
Since this year, that RTP is funded by CAV, on the invoice of electricity, and commercial revenues.
The manager said that the administration would like the contribution rate for the audiovisual were larger, about 45 million euros, but “you can only € 26.5 million,” so the company has to look for alternatives in commercial revenue.
Alberto da Ponte stressed that everyone has made an effort to contain costs in Portugal, by which “the public service can not evade this effort.”
About the quality of public television channels, the manager was peremptory: “We believe that the offer of RTP is globally distinctive panorama from the Portuguese.” And reinforced that RTP, by having two channels with free access (open signal), it addresses a “possible more universal group” viewers.
“We can not ignore that we have to give a service popular, “he added, citing the results of studies that show that” there is a clear preference of the viewers of certain types of programs. television to We the Portuguese people, “he said, stressing that the Channel 2″ has earned a reinforcement that has been done gradually. “
Asked if the Left Bloc José Eduardo Moniz had been hired by RTP, Alberto da Ponte departed the scene. “We hired a company called Plural, who has or had as a counselor José Eduardo Moniz, but there is no direct contract, is a question which does not arise,” he explained.
In relation to the partnership between RTP and the Economic Journal, Alberto da Ponte explained that, taking into account “the need for a modern canal, similar to what happens in other countries”, “is natural” that the station make public “partnerships and protocols for certain specialties,” guaranteed “the editorial matter and independence is safeguarded when”
Asked about the synergies between RTP and Lusa, Alberto da Ponte said ” it is clear that having the Lusa funding difficulties and being RTP also subject to possible budget, it is natural to seek synergies between the two organizations. Lusa is an obvious partner to seek synergies “, particularly with regard to certain delegations” . The manager gave the example of the delegation of Angola, that “a representative of the houses there Lusa.” In your opinion, synergy should be “thorough because resources are scarce”, and that “can bring significant savings without harming” and “bulking up the potential.”
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