Modification of an existing aid scheme: The Court of Justice of the European Union dismisses the appeal against the General Court of the European Union’s judgment confirming that the Spanish public television’s aid scheme was compatible with the internal market (DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Until 2009, RTVE, Spain's public service broadcaster, received mixed funding based on revenues from its commercial activities, including the sale of advertising space, on the one hand, and compensation from the Spanish State for the fulfilment of its public service mission, on the other. This financing system was approved by two Commission decisions (decisions C(2005) 1163 final of 20 April 2005 and C(2007) 641 final of 7 March 2007). In 2009, the Spanish legislator decided, by Ley 8/2009, to remove most of RTVE's commercial revenues, including, in particular, those related to advertising and teleshopping, from its financing. In order to compensate for