 The licence fee makes up 60% of MBC's funding with most of the rest coming from television and radio commercials.However, the introduction of private broadcasting in 2002 has put pressure on MBC's revenue from commercials and this is decreasing.Furthermore, MBC is affecting the profitability of the private stations who want the government to make MBC commercial free

Under the Broadcasting Law (December 2002), every household and legal entity, situated in Montenegro, where technical conditions for reception of at least one radio or television programme have been provided, is obliged to pay a monthly broadcasting subscription fee.