It becomes known how much the state allocated for Unified Telethon

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The state has allocated over 700 million UAH for the Unified Telethon among four channels in 2025, according to information on the ProZorro platform published on March 13.

The largest amount of content will be produced by Inter – 1,600 hours for 184.47 million UAH (1 hour costs 96,000 UAH excluding VAT; in 2024, Inter valued airtime at 81,100 UAH excluding VAT).

LLC SLM News will produce 1,300 hours for 184.51 million UAH (the cost per hour is 114,900 UAH excluding VAT; in 2024, it was 98,800 UAH excluding VAT).

Studio 1+1 will release 1,100 hours of informational programs for 184.49 million UAH (airtime will cost 130,600 UAH per hour excluding VAT; in 2024, it was 128,900 UAH excluding VAT).

The most expensive TV programs for the telethon in 2025, as in the previous year, will be prepared by the We-Ukraine channel. For 943 hours, the government will pay 184.47 million UAH (the price per hour is 163,000 UAH, which corresponds to the 2024 level).

In total, over the past three years, the Multimedia Broadcasting Platform has contracted services from four telethon channels for 1.5 billion UAH.

As previously reported by the UOJ, Ukraine's Ministry of Culture claims it cannot remove fortune tellers from the telethon.

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