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20.3 Employee benefit costs
The detail of "Employee Benefit Costs" in 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
Thousands of euros
2013
2012
Employer social security costs
5,201
6,545
Other employee benefit costs
1,652
1,438
Total
6,853
7,983
20.4Other operating expenses
The detail of “Other Operating Expenses” in the income statements for 2013 and 2012 is as
follows:
Thousands of euros
2013
2012
Rent and royalties
65,394
47,530
Work performed by other companies
52,130
35,409
Communications
7,139
7,018
Advertising and publicity
8,789
6,260
Copyrights and other expenses
37,173
31,936
Total
170,625 128,153
“Rent and Royalties” includes mainly, inter alia, the amounts paid to Retevisión I, S.A. for the
audiovisual signal distribution and the contribution of the television operators to the financing of
Corporación RTVE.
“Copyrights and Other Expenses” includes changes in the allowance for doubtful debts. In 2013
the Company used provisions amounting to EUR 3,096 thousand (2012: EUR 57 thousand
recognised and EUR 1,164 thousand used).
20.5 Finance income and finance costs
The detail of the finance income and finance costs calculated by applying the effective interest
method is as follows (in thousands of euros):
2013
2012
Finance income
18,923
27,849
Finance costs
16,642
10,014
EUR 12,354 thousand of total finance income for 2013 relate to dividends received by Atresmedia
Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. from its subsidiaries (2012: EUR 26,356 thousand)
(see Note 9.3).
