The public at large, and even many in the profession, remain in the dark as to why July 9th, 2012, could become a milestone date in the history of Hungarian […]

The legislative machinery will not rest. By the time the latest issue of the weekly Narancs with my pertinent story in it went to print, zealous Fidesz Party representatives had […]

The media policy objectives of the Media Council that can be gleaned from its frequency bids are plainly manifest in its subsidization policy. Intended to aid the financing of community […]

The Media Council’s transformation of the system of radio frequency tendering is in itself understandable as an administrative reform, yet of all the decisions made by the Media Council to […]

The tendering practices of the Media Council lend powerful support to the two salient principles of the Fidesz Party’s media policy: that the masses should not be able to access […]

The Media Council and media providers winning a bid enter into a so-called official administrative contract which provides for a significant part of the terms and conditions under which the […]

The new media regulations have transformed the legal framework of public program provision in all important aspects, including organization, financing, and supervision. One of the cardinal flaws of the new […]

The bill amending the Media Act is expected to be submitted in the weeks ahead. The Constitutional Court gave legislators until May 31st to remedy the omissions it had ruled […]

JOINT POSITION PAPER TO THE HIGH LEVEL GROUP ON MEDIA FREEDOM AND PLURALISM CREATED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON THE HUNGARIAN MEDIA LAW AND ITS APPLICATION BY THE HUNGARIAN EUROPE […]

It was exactly one year ago that the Hungarian Parliament accepted the country’s new Media Act which raised so much controversy. Around and after this time, legal and professional organizations […]