Key issues to understand the controversy surrounding the economic support of Spanish public television.

The legal status of television in Spain is still controversial. Currently, the Commission is reviewing the polemic financing of RTVE, adopted in September 2009, and its compatibility with Community law. However, in addition to the important issue of the financing of public television lies another more extensive issue affecting the legal status of television in general: its definition, assignation of functions, organization and control. This study seeks to frame this debate about the financing of public television in some substantive issues that affect television regulation in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]