Censorship without censors: captives of the public media
The domestic public media may be the most fitting terrain for demonstrating that no official censorship rules or censors reviewing each line intended for publication must be in place for […]
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Political business in the commercial television market
In December 2013, just before Christmas, an official announcement confirmed what had been previously rumoured for months. The German television channel ProSiebenSat1 sold its Hungarian subsidiary, the MTM-SBS Ltd., which […]
Fidesz coming to a radio statio near you
How and why did the public service stations Kossuth Rádió and Dankó Rádió get hold of the frequency previously used by Neo FM? How did the redrawing of Hungary’s radio […]
The radio market as a political playground
The one year anniversary of the shuttering of Neo FM is looming. We will leave aside for once how Neo FM received a license to use a frequency in the […]
Publicness revisited – a dialogue for a future media regulatory framework 3. – Media authority
The Mertek Media Monitor launched a public dialogue that lasts several months. The objective of the debate is to reach and engage the widest possible range of stakeholders and to […]
Publicness revisited – a dialogue for a future media regulatory framework 1. – What do we expect from media regulation?
The Mertek Media Monitor launched a public dialogue that lasts several months. The objective of the debate is to reach and engage the widest possible range of stakeholders and to […]
Targeted subsidies – data on the digital switchover campaign
The digital switchover campaign has been ongoing for months. Using data that has become available thus far, we have analysed the channels that the authorities use to inform the affected […]
The advertisement tax and Hungarian media policy
It is widely known that the media industry has faced growing hardships over the past decade: the internet and its concomitant, free content, has already emerged as serious challenges, but […]
Opinion on ’The Report of the High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism: A free and pluralistic media to sustain European democracy’
The signatories of this letter of consultation are specialized civil organisations with a long history of commitment to the freedoms of speech and press and extensive professional experience in this […]
Letter of Hungarian NGOs on Media Legislation to Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General, Council of Europe
Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland Secretary General Council of Europe 4 February 2013, Budapest Esteemed Council of Europe, Dear Secretary General, Hungarian NGOs for protection of human rights, freedom […]