RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or reduction of the tax.
However, the advertising tax has not been changed and the EU last week suspended the tax, pending an investigation into whether it violates rules on state aid and competition.
“At our meeting we discussed our problems, but we struck no deals,” said Rudas, now the interim head of RTL Hungary.
“We set out our position at our meetings with János Lázár. The minister said that in Hungary everybody has to pay taxes and I said that the progressive rates of the advertising tax are clearly discriminatory against RTL Klub.”
He confirmed that RTL Klub will not change the tone of its newscasts, often critical of the government.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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