Abstract
In the Nordic countries, alternative methods of how to finance public service broadcasting are now being discussed. A number of alternatives have been suggested as alternatives to maintaining the traditional license fee system, the main alternative being to replace it with a tax or with a so called media charge. This study concentrates on the debate in Sweden in comparison to the other Nordic countries. In Sweden a new public service-committee of inquiry was appointed 2011, with the task of considering the psb-financing system.