Total income and sources of funding in public broadcasting – capabilities and pre-requisites for all this acretion

The financing represents the most important issue which implies the existence of public broadcasters all over Europe and all over the world. Arrangements are different from a country to country : entirely from the state budget, part from the budget, part from radio tax, entirely tax etc. The financing system in Romania is built on three piles: from state budget, radio tax (licence fee per household) and own incomes. The percentage of this incomes is different, relatively variable, but the methods of using them are well defined.The article focuses on the analysis of the sources mentioned and possible options for increasing these sources.