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18.3 Employee benefit costs
The detail of "Employee Benefit Costs" in 2015 and 2014 is as follows:
2015
2014
Employer social security costs
5,392
5,309
Other employee benefit costs
1,174
1,289
6,566
6,598
18.4 Other operating expenses
The detail of “Other Operating Expenses” in the statements of profit or loss for 2015 and 2014 is
as follows:
Thousands of euros
2015
2014
Work performed by other companies
58,873
55,217
Rent and royalties
55,153
58,578
Communications
9,974
7,676
Advertising and publicity
9,841
8,655
Copyrights and other expenses
72,102
39,750
Total
205,943 169,876
“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 2015
the Company recognised provisions amounting to EUR 2,114 thousand and used provisions of EUR
9 thousand (2014: EUR 979 thousand used).
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):
2015
2014
Finance income
29,489
9,901
Finance costs
11,435
13,456
EUR 23,220 thousand of total finance income for 2015 relate to dividends received by Atresmedia
Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. from its subsidiaries (2014: EUR 3,359 thousand)
(see Note 8.3).
18.6 Changes in fair value of financial instruments
“Net Gain (Loss) due to Changes in the Value of Financial Instruments at Fair Value” in the
statement of profit or loss includes mainly the net gain (loss) due to the change in fair value of the
currency hedges and interest rate swaps (IRSs) detailed in Note 10 to these consolidated financial
statements and the negative impact arising from the recognition at fair value of the non-current
payables to suppliers included under "Other Non-Current Payables" (see Note 14.1).