Failure to charge consumers of public service television is a gap that the government must ill urgently. Charging a radio fee but not one for television means that the State is penalising the poorest sections of the population for access to information, while at the same time favouring the more aluent in society, who can aford a television set. Inadequate funding of the public media forces them to rely heavily on commercial advertising, thereby subjecting them to external pressures that could compromise their independence. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.1 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 1.7) 3.8 The state/public broadcaster is technically accessible in the entire country. RM is technically accessible in roughly 70–80% of the country and reaches up to 90% of the country’s population. TVM has population coverage of roughly 30– 40%. he absence of investment in the expansion of the public television signal hampers people’s right to access information. Private channels are not obligated to extend their signal to remote areas where most inhabitants are poor and thus of no importance for their proit objectives. 110 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2011