Editing Television licence (section)

===Austria===
Under [[Austria]]'s TV and Radio Licence Law (''Fernseh- und Hörfunklizenzrecht''), all operational broadcast reception equipment must be registered. Since 1998, the {{ill|Gebühren Info Service|de}} (GIS) has been responsible for licence administration. GIS was renamed ORF-Beitragsservice (OBS) in 2024. It is a fully-owned subsidiary of the Austrian public broadcaster, ([[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]) and an agency of the [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Austria)|Federal Ministry of Finance]]. GIS aims to inform people about licensing, using a four-channel communication strategy consisting of:
* advertising campaigns in printed media, radio and television,
* direct mail,
* outlets such as post offices, banks, tobacconists and the five GIS Service Centres where people can register,
* field service customer consultants visiting households not yet registered.

In 2007 the total licensing income was €682 million, 66 per cent of which was allocated to the ORF. The remaining 34 per cent was allocated to the federal government and local governments to fund cultural activities. GIS employs 191 people and has approximately 125 freelancers in the field service. 3.4 million Austrian households are registered with the GIS with 2.5 per cent evading the licence.

The television & radio licence fee varies between [[States of Austria|states]]. As of 2022, [[Styria]] has the highest annual television licence cost, at €343.80, and [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]] and [[Burgenland]] have the highest annual radio licence cost, at €94.92. Annual fees from July 2022 are:<ref name="Übersicht">{{cite web|title=Übersicht|url=https://www.gis.at/gebuehren/uebersicht/|website=GIS|access-date=24 February 2018|language=de}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!State
!Television
!Radio
|-
|[[Burgenland]]
|€341.40
|€94.92
|-
|[[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]]
|€330.60
|€92.52
|-
|[[Lower Austria]]
|€339.00
|€93.72
|-
|[[Upper Austria]]
|€269.40
|€75.72
|-
|[[Salzburg (federal state)|Salzburg]]
|€325.80
|€94.92
|-
|[[Styria]]
|€343.80
|€94.92
|-
|[[Tyrol (federal state)|Tyrol]]
|€317.40
|€88.92
|-
|[[Vorarlberg]]
|€269.40
|€75.72
|-
|[[Vienna]]
|€339.00
|€94.20
|}

Since 2024, the broadcasting fee has been replaced by a household tax that every household pays. It is €15.30 per month. In the federal states of Burgenland, Carinthia, Styria and Tyrol, an additional state tax must be paid - this amounts to between €3.10 and €4.70 per month.