Nhk Plans To Cut Receiving Fees By 10 Percent
NHK plans to reduce its receiving fees by 10 percent for both its terrestrial and satellite broadcasting services starting in October 2023.
NHK's board of governors revised its corporate management plan for fiscal 2021 through 2023 on Tuesday.
To create a slimmed down but strong, new NHK, it will cut more than 100 million dollars by streamlining fee collection in fiscal 2022. It will also slash about 378 million dollars from its overall operating expenses by fiscal 2023.
At the same time, NHK will concentrate its management resources on producing high-quality and diversified program content.
NHK's budget is expected to be scaled down to roughly 4 billion dollars by around fiscal 2027 from about 4.73 billion dollars for the current fiscal year.
NHK expects to achieve these goals, and in order to share the benefits of its ongoing structural reforms with viewers, it has decided to drop its fees. The 10 percent reduction will be the largest ever.
The reform plan also includes reviewing satellite channels.
Programs will be revised in December 2023. New BS4K and BS2K channels will be introduced, while one of the 2K satellite channels will be scrapped in March 2024.
NHK President Maeda Terunobu told a news conference that with prices rising on a global scale, NHK will step up its efforts to reduce its burden on viewers as much as possible.
NHK plans to solicit public opinions about the reform plan from Wednesday until November 10. It will take the views into account and modify its business plan by January.