Babiš to meet Czech TV director Chudárek today over funding

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will meet this afternoon with the Director General of Czech Television, Hynek Chudárek, to discuss the government’s proposed changes to the financing of public service media. Czech Television is expected to lose around one billion crowns next year.

Trade unions of Czech Television and Czech Radio, along with the initiative Veřejnoprávně, will also comment this morning on the current developments related to the proposed funding changes.

At the same time, a protest march by secondary school and university students in support of public service media will take place in Prague, heading to the Ministry of Culture. Schools in other cities are also expected to join, including Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava, and Opava.