Czech Television

If they can get only one transmitter on the air, make it the pointless CRI Portuguese relay.

Mike Cooper forwards news from the Czech radio website September 17th that Czech television plans to cut 12% of its workforce by 2030.

The station's head said its long-term plans, previously approved by the Broadcasters' Council, currently employs around 2,900 people.

The job cuts are part of a broader cost-saving program under which the public broadcaster aims to save 350 megacrowns next year.

Matsinka said the deficit should be reduced by another 60 billion in 2028.

Czech television plans to reduce its workforce by 12% between now and 2030, according to long-term plans previously approved by the Broadcasters' Council.

Director-General Hinek Hudarek announced at a council meeting.

Czech television currently employs around 2,900 people.

The job cuts are part of a broader cost-saving programme under which the public broadcaster aims to save 350 million crowns next year.

Hudarek said a larger share of the planned cuts would have to be made next year to achieve the target savings.

He said the aim was to build up reserves and prepare Czech television for uncertainty over its future funding without having to make abrupt cuts for public service broadcasting.

The government of Prime Minister Andrei Babiš plans to change the funding model for Czech television and Czech radio from licence fees to contributions from the state budget.