137 / 148
Live broadcasting rights
36,535
48,593
Performances and contributions of entertainers
9,490
8,223
Other amortisation
6,335
8,140
Addition to inventories
(204,384) (249,974)
Total
431,741 432,033
“Addition to Inventories” reflects the expenses incurred in making programmes that, in
accordance with the Company’s procedures, are capitalised and subsequently amortised in
accordance with the policies described in Note 4.5.
In 2014 EUR 38 million of total procurements relate to purchases in other European Union
countries (2013: EUR 23 million) and approximately EUR 60 million to purchases made in
countries outside the European Union, mainly the United States (2013: EUR 61 million).
18.3 Employee benefit costs
The detail of "Employee Benefit Costs" in 2014 and 2013 is as follows:
2014
2013
Employer social security costs
5,309
5,201
Other employee benefit costs
1,289
1,652
6,598
6,853
18.4 Other operating expenses
The detail of “Other Operating Expenses” in the income statements for 2014 and 2013 is as
follows:
Thousands of euros
2014
2013
Rent and royalties
58,578
65,394
Work performed by other companies
55,217
52,130
Communications
7,676
7,139
Advertising and publicity
8,655
8,789
Copyrights and other expenses
39,750
37,173
169,876 170,625
“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
2014 the Company used provisions amounting to EUR 979 thousand (2013: EUR 3,096
thousand).
18.5 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):
2014
2013
Finance income
9,901
18,923
Finance costs
13,456
16,642