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     €

Nationwide radio application fee

  5,823

Nationwide radio licence fee

11,646

Master Antenna Facilities fee

  4,658

Community radio application fee

     116

Community radio licence fee (one-off event)

     116

Community radio licence fee (2 year term)

     349   

Television application fee

  5,823

Television licence fee

13,976

1. Fees to be paid on submission of an application for a digital radio service:

   1. for one generalist or one specialist locally originating digital radio service;

b) for any number of retransmitted digital radio   services.

       €

   1,164

   1,164

     2. Without any prejudice to regulation 12(2), no licence fees shall be paid to the Broadcasting Authority on the grant of a licence for the first two years from the date of the award of the licence provided that such fees shall be levied from 1^st October, 2009 onwards. 

     3. Licence fees to be paid on an annual basis from 1^st October, 2009 till 30^st September, 2013 shall be as follows: 

a) for retransmitted digital radio services originating from   outside the Maltese Islands:

   i) up to 3 channels

 1,164

              ii) from 4 to 6 channels

 2,329

             iii) from 7 to 9 channels

 3,494

             iv) from 10 to 12 channels 

 4,658

              v) from 13 to 16 channels

 5,823

             vi) from 17 channels onwards

 6,988

   b) for one generalist locally originating digital radio service

  5,823

        4. Fees to be paid on the renewal of an application for a digital radio service.

  5,823

     5. Programme monitoring fees to be paid on the grant of a licence on an annual basis from 1^st October, 2013 onwards shall be as follows:       

        a) for retransmitted digital radio services originating from outside the Maltese Islands:

               i) up to 3 channels

  2,329

              ii) from 4 to 6 channels

  3,494

             iii) from 7 to 9 channels

  4,658

             iv) from 10 to 12 channels 

  5,823

              v) from 13 to 16 channels

  6,988

             vi) from 17 channels onwards

  9,317

       b) for one generalist locally originating digital radio service

11,646

   6. In the case of locally originating specialised digital radio services the above fees shall be reduced by fifty per centum (50%). 

      7. For the purpose of this Schedule, a locally originating specialised digital radio service means a digital radio service which does not carry advertising or teleshopping, whose programmes are not sponsored and which does not broadcast news, current affairs programmes or discussion programmes on current affairs.