Media Investments and their Impact on the Media Market and the General Public in Central Eastern Europe
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyJoint research project in V4 countries Western European investors had a key role in the transformation of CEE media systems, after 1990. This process was shaped by economic, cultural and political factors, while the results and quality of the change also affected these factors. Purpose of the project is to analyze this process in the […]
European impacts on the development of the media systems in Central- and Eastern Europe
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyThe regime transition of 1989/1990 also marked the onset of a new era for the media systems in the Central and Eastern European countries. The systems underwent fundamental changes, such as the transformation of state media into public service media and the creation of previously non-existent media markets. The unspoken political and social consensus at […]
Soft Censorship Hungary 2015
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyIntroduction – Crony capitalism and the media market The methods and trends of the state’s interventions in media policy and the media system after 2010 were both a reflection of and a blueprint for the general workings of the government. When the Media Act was adopted, it provided one of the early glimpses into what […]
Soft Censorship Hungary 2015
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyIntroduction – Crony capitalism and the media market The methods and trends of the state’s interventions in media policy and the media system after 2010 were both a reflection of and a blueprint for the general workings of the government. When the Media Act was adopted, it provided one of the early glimpses into what […]
New Reports Detail Lack of Progress in Fight Against Soft Censorship
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyNew Reports Detail Lack of Progress in Fight Against Soft Censorship Soft censorship continues to be a major threat to press freedom and the governments of Hungary, Mexico and Serbia appear unwilling to follow recommendations that would guarantee a non-discriminatory allocation of public funds and government advertising across the media. This is the common conclusion […]
New Reports Detail Lack of Progress in Fight Against Soft Censorship
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyNew Reports Detail Lack of Progress in Fight Against Soft Censorship Soft censorship continues to be a major threat to press freedom and the governments of Hungary, Mexico and Serbia appear unwilling to follow recommendations that would guarantee a non-discriminatory allocation of public funds and government advertising across the media. This is the common conclusion […]
The darkest corners of state media funding
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyPublished in Hungarian on 14th October 2015 Author: Ágnes Urbán The MTVA continues to be the dark horse in the Hungarian media system. There is ever more money flowing into the state media, while the latter is making a mockery of its intended function, i.e. public service. Based on documents obtained by Mérték it appears […]
Exemplary behaviour
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyPublished in Hungarian on 1st July 2015 Author: Krisztina Nagy The media authority’s content control activities focus on monitoring to verify compliance with quantifiable and formal requirements which are irrelevant in terms of media policy objectives. Viewed through the lens of official decisions, the media operate in an exemplary manner. We cannot discern any media […]
As you like it – Frequency tenders in 2014
Mérték Médiaelemző MűhelyPublished in Hungarian on 5th June 2015 Author: Krisztina Nagy As a result of the great wave of frequency tenders conducted in the previous years, the Hungarian radio map had changed substantially by 2014. As the process decelerated, the past year saw significantly fewer tenders. Since immensely complex and unrealistic formal requirements often made it […]