Serbia

[RS] Tender for Local Radio and TV Licences

IRIS 2007-5:1/31

Miloš Živković

Belgrade University School of Law - Živković Samardžić Law offices

Following the tender for national, provincial and Belgrade radio and TV coverage conducted in January 2006 (see IRIS 2006-3: 11), and the tender for 28 regional TV and 24 regional radio licences, along with the repeated provincial radio licence tender that was conducted in November 2006 (the tender was closed on 29 January 2007, but no decision has been taken yet), on 21 March 2007 the Serbian Broadcasting Agency published a tender for local radio and TV licences. The tender refers to 148 local TV licences and 276 local radio licences in the nine broadcasting regions. Future local TV broadcasters shall pay an annual broadcasting fee ranging from RSD 60,000 to RSD 2,4 million (from approx. EUR 750 to EUR 30,000), depending on the number of potential viewers in the coverage zone, as well as a compensation for the use of frequencies ranging from RSD 13,500 to RSD 539,000 (from approx. EUR 170 to EUR 6,740). The deadline for application for one of the local licences is 60 days from the day of the last publication of the tender.