Funding for the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) is determined by the Law on Lithuanian National Radio and Television.

Under this Law, the LRT budget comprises appropriations from the state budget, revenue from the sale of programmes, sponsorship announcements and publishing, as well as sponsorship and revenue from commercial and economic activities.

The state budget appropriations to be allocated to the LRT for 2026–2028 shall be equal to the state budget appropriations allocated to the LRT for 2025 (€79.6 million).

Beginning in 2029 and in each subsequent year, the annual allocation of state budget funds to the LRT shall comprise 0.75% of personal income tax revenues and 0.8% of excise duty revenues actually collected by the state and municipal budgets in the year before last.

The amount of appropriations allocated to the LRT must not be less than the average of the state budget appropriations for the LRT over the three most recent budgetary years.

Such funding was set on 27 November 2025, when the Lithuanian parliament approved a three-year freeze on LRT’s budget and a reduction in income tax and excise tax revenues beginning in 2029.

Prior to the approval of the current funding scheme, budgetary allocations to the LRT amounted to 1% of state budget revenues from personal income tax and 1.3% of excise duty revenues collected by the state in the year before last.

Advertising, political advertising and audiovisual commercial communications are prohibited on LRT channels, except where the advertising or broadcast sponsorship announcements are disseminated by the LRT in execution of its contractual obligations related to acquired rights to broadcast sports, cultural events or other events of high public interest.

LRT may only disseminate cultural, social and educational information for payment or free of charge.