RTV Amstelveen resumed after a break of several days a Tuesday evening television news. The broadcasting of news on the website is back online.
No additional funding
The staff, interns and volunteers of local broadcasting RTV Amstelveen had television broadcasts by last Friday stopped because the municipality of Amstelveen no additional funding will be assigned to the broadcaster. All work for the television and the website of the local broadcasting were then “suspended”. The radio broadcasts of the broadcaster did go through. By evening the news on television starts up again.
“Yes, we are disappointed. On the way to the viewing and listening survey of RTVA has been interpreted by councilor Veeningen. Thus, the range of RTVA higher than the national average but is called limited by the college. To send a signal to politics, we had suspended the news of our transmitter. But we are not standing still. Tomorrow we will bring back news on the Internet and tomorrow you as ever to look at the RTVA News .. “said the broadcaster yesterday on its website.
Additional funding
RTV Amstelveen had earlier this year at the municipality submitted a grant request additional 170,000 euros in addition to the amount of 83,000 euros that the local broadcaster receives annually from the municipality. The extra subsidy amount was then already by Councillor Maaike Veeningen (D66, media affairs) as “disproportionate” and termed it then welded with the consent of the local broadcasting an external inquiry into broadcasting. A study was conducted by an external expert (Erik of mushroom) on the process of the lokalo well as an external study on the ratings and the valuation of RTV Amstelveen. The results were announced Thursday.
No additional financial resources
The College of Mayor and Aldermen said last week that no additional funds coming from the municipality. Responsible Alderman Maaike Veeningen (D66), the results of the studies (see research and expert study) personally discussed with RTVA and the college position to explain no extra money available
Ernst-Jan Wilhelmis, editor RTV Amstelveen, to suspend television news:
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