As it was a hypothecated tax for public television, it was very similar in principle to the television licence systems that operate in many other countries.
Higher production budgets, falling television licence fees and lower distribution guarantees are all factors that will continue to drive the international demand for co-productions.
The 2004 law creating the channel called for funding to come from a television licence fee beginning in 2010, but this portion of the law has yet to be implemented.
