 Malta's television licence was abolished in 2011 when the free-to-air system was discontinued.Since 1967, advertising has been introduced on public television and radio, but this was only allowed as a small segment before and after news broadcasts.It wasn't until the late 1980s so-called "floating commercial breaks" were introduced, these breaks are usually segments of multiple commercials with a total duration of 1 to 3 minutes and are placed in-between programmes, to allow programmes themselves to run uninterrupted.