Danes use DR around the clock

For the Danes DR is a natural part of life. During a week, 80% of the population watches DR TV and 88% listens to DR Radio. This means that on a weekly basis 9 out of 10 Danes take advantage of DR's many offers of news, information and entertainment. On average DR offers 32 hours of television and 727 hours of radio (analogue and digital) during a 24-hour period (2008). Access to DR's programmes on the two TV channels, four radio stations and 17 radio channels on DAB and nearly 30 channels on the Internet costs Dan-ish households *DKK 6.08 per day (2009), incl. TV 2 regional stations and local radio/TV. DR's share of the licence fee is DKK 4.26 per day.

DR is the country's only purely licence-financed radio/TV station. The full licence financ-ing means that DR programming is independent of advertising. DR has a public service obligation requiring DR TV and DR Radio to present a wide choice of programmes for all age and social groups. The public service obligation also means that DR must provide objective and professional news coverage. DR is the country's largest electronic news provider on radio, television and the Internet, and news and current affairs are a corner-stone for DR as a public service station.

Another main obligation of DR is to reflect Danish culture, and DR is the country's largest provider of Danish music and drama. DR has a symphony orchestra, a concert orchestra, a jazz big band, an youth orchestra as well as six choirs, including a classical concert choir and a girls' choir. DR is also a producer of new drama for both television and radio, and DR contributes financially and co-produces many new Danish films and documenta-ries.

(* 100 DKK = 13.4 Euro, May 2009)