Francisco Vidal, president of the TVN Board of Directors, reached the Senate to account for the financial situation of the public station, which has faces a crisis for years.
In this way, Vidal recognized before the parliamentarians that the TV channel He presented losses for $ 15,065 million in 2024 and operating costs for $ 3,470 million.
The former government spokesman said that TVN has been able to survive thanks to the credits with the guarantee of the state authorized during the administrations of Sebastián Piñera and Gabriel Boriche consigned The third.
Francisco Vidal explained that “TVN obligations total last year loss at $ 5,287 million. In third place, it corresponds to the management, TVN had an operational margin of less than $ 3,270 million, essentially given by 10% of lower income that we had in 2023, translated into a decrease in the market of 5%. In addition, there are 6.7% of greater costs than 2023 4.5 and increase of 1.2% cost of sale ”.
Given this situation, the president of the Board of Directors made clear the importance of the project of new financing system which is currently discussed in the Treasury Commission of the Lower House.
However, Vidal stressed that “TVN is not dead” And he responded to the questions regarding possible excessive contracts, asserting that “in 2024 there was a reduction of 62 jobs and a more efficient execution than all costs and expenses of the company, with more efficient programs.”
“Eye, currently TVN has 735 workers nationwide. This figure reflects an adjusted structure and equivalent to March 2022, the last month of the previous administration. In this I do the Recalco because I have read in some parts that say that people have been sentenced. We are today at the same level of people in March 2022,” he argued.
But the senators also took advantage of the instance to show discrepancies with the editorial line expressed by TVN, where Alfonso de Urresti (PS) questioned that TV channel journalists asked President Gabriel Boric about the construction of a new jail in Santiago during his tour of the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Felipe Kast (Evópoli) showed his criticisms of funeral narco coverage in the news and Fidel Espinoza (PS) criticized that TVN echoed a report that gave account of the millionaire debt for unpaid contributions from his family in Puerto Montt.
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