To sustain the financing of France Television, Minister of Culture spoke Friday the track of a TV license extended. She also spoke of a "contribution to the purchase" of the connected devices to support culture.

For the music festival, Aurélie Filippetti, spoke Friday the trail of a "declaration" that indicate whether the taxpayer "uses of public service television" and that, whatever the medium. The objective of the Minister of Culture? Extend the license fee to connected devices such as computers, tablets(HYUNDAI Tablet PC), smartphones, etc..

"What we have to say today is to ask people: 'do you consume the public service television Do you eat it, whatever the technological support with which you eat, '"she said on BFM TV / RMC. "If someone does not watch TV, do not listen to public radio, he can still declare on its housing tax it does not consume," she said, emphasizing that "it may be a solution. " Until now, the taxpayer pays the contribution to public broadcasting if states have a television.

Sustainable financing of France Télévisions

"It is declarative," said the Minister, recognizing that it would be impossible to check the veracity of this statement. "It is always better to trust people," she said. The Minister of Culture last year had raised the hypothesis of a contribution imposed on computer screens for homes that do not have TVs, but this option was ruled out by the budget minister at the time, Jerome Cahuzac.

Since then, the track of a extension of the levy to all media including computers and tablets(PIPO S1) is again being considered as part of a reflection for sustainable financing of France Télévisions, facing down its public funding and its advertising resources. For now, the license fee is 131 euros in 2013 in France and 84 euros in the departments of overseas territories.

A small fee on smartphones late 2013

In addition, the Minister of Culture does not preclude a "contribution to the purchase" of all to support culture "Internet-connected devices." Specifically, it would set up a very small levy that would occur only once, at the time of buying a tablet, a smartphone, any device that provides access to cultural content via Internet.

This financial contribution would "abound of a cultural background as the National Book Center, the National Center of Cinematography" and "help independent record stores, the music industry, photographers," said the minister who wants to offer this solution in the project finance law at the end of the year. Amount of this new "contribution"? "It would be very very low, Aurélie Filippetti ensures that refers to a proposal by the rapporteur Pierre Lescure. Latter had spoken at a rate of 1%. Results for Smartphone costing 400 euros, the amount of the contribution would be 4 euros, but "painless" for the consumer, "wants to reassure the Minister of Culture.

A measure that will certainly not be sufficient given that the 2014 budget of his ministry could decline again: "Unfortunately budget constraints persist, she conceded had been expected that there would be two very difficult years.".