TVRI Bandung requests Rp 10 billion in funds<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Bandung<\/p>\n
Financial problems confronting television station TVRI Bandung
\nhas forced its management to put in a request for Rp 10 billion
\nin funding from the West Java provincial budget to cover its
\noperational costs this year.<\/p>\n
Head of TVRI West Java-Banten, France Djasman, said he has not
\nreceived any assistance for operational costs from the central
\noffice of TVRI.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Rp 13 billion budgeted for operational
\ncosts last year was already spent. The money was spent to pay
\nsalaries of its 450 employees, while the rest was used to run its
\nprograms.<\/p>\n
\"We are finding it hard to compete with private television
\nstations in getting advertising revenue because we only air
\nprograms for three hours, from 2 to 5 p.m.,\" he told members of
\nCommission A of the West Java provincial council on Monday.<\/p>\n
France said that as a limited liability company, its new
\nstatus as of 2003, TVRI has to raise its own money instead of
\nrequesting assistance from the provincial administration.
\nPreviously, it enjoyed financial assistance from the government.<\/p>\n
TVRI Bandung, which airs in West Java and Banten, can only
\nraise Rp 150 million per month from advertising revenue. The
\namount is much less than the operational costs of around Rp 480
\nmillion per month.<\/p>\n
Commission A secretary, Syaeful Huda, said that in its
\ntransitional period TVRI needs to be supported.<\/p>\n
\"Many people in West Java watch TVRI and 60 percent of the
\nprovincial administration's programs are covered by TVRI so it's
\nnatural if the administration helps in this matter,\" Syaeful
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
On the other hand he said there was no plan to allocate funds
\nfor TVRI while discussing the 2005 provincial budget.<\/p>\n
\"We'll talk about this request with the provincial
\nadministration, and if necessary, we'll possibly suggest that the
\nadministration takes the needed funds from that already allocated
\nfor humanitarian aid,\" Syaeful said.<\/p>",
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