GIS successor: Federal government agrees on ORF fee

The successor model for the current broadcasting fee is in place: from January 1, 2024, almost every household in Austria should pay. In return, the amount per fee payer decreases.

It had already leaked out in advance that there should be a decision on a successor model for the current broadcasting fees on Thursday (the SN reported). It was expected that the federal government would state that the budget levy would follow the GIS, but few details were announced. After “intensive negotiations”, which, according to one person involved, lasted until the morning, black and green were able to become more specific. At a press conference scheduled at short notice, Media Minister Susanne Raab (ÖVP) and the green club chairwoman Sigrid Maurer…