09. 03. 2005

CONSUMERS AGAINST SUBSCRIPTION

NIS, March 9, 2005 – Center for consumers’ protection “Forum” in Nis has protested against the initiative to introduce the television subscription. President of the Forum Jovan Jovanovic demanded from the Culture Minister Dragan Kojadinovic to retract the proposition of subscription implementation and to “find some other ways” to solve the financing of the national television station RTS. “You do not have to watch the public service RTS, but you still have to pay, and the fee for providing services to consumers they did not use is illegal. The consumers who have the pay-TV cable system pay monthly subscription, which is partly used for paying the license for program remission to RTS. Thus, the consumer cannot pay twice for the same service”, said Jovanovic to the Beta News Agency. He also declared calling the consumers to boycott the subscription, if this demand was not recognized.