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On 14 February 2006 the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) summed up the results of the tender for digital terrestrial television broadcasting, announced in October 2005 (see IRIS 2006-1: 17). The tender was invited following the "Model for the Implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television in Lithuania" (see IRIS Merlin 2005-1 Extra), which was approved by the Government on 25 November 2004. The Model envisages terms and stages of the implementation of digital terrestrial television. Following the Model, the implementation of the digital terrestrial television will be carried...

On 22 December 2005, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted a new edition of the Act on the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT). It contains a few essential amendments regarding the activity of the public service broadcaster. The main change is the modification of the public service broadcaster´s financing model. According to Article 15 of the Act, the Lithuanian public service broadcaster is funded from the allocation of the State budget, advertising, publishing activity as well as from sponsorship and revenues obtained from commercial and economic activities. Thus, the Lithuanian Parliament...

On 26 October 2005, the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania announced a tender for awarding a licence to broadcast and re-broadcast television programmes over the digital terrestrial television networks. The aim of the tender is to determine the winners who will have the right to use the digital terrestrial television networks. These networks will give the Lithuanian audience the possibility to view up to 40 digitally broadcast programmes. The digital programmes will have better sound and visual quality, they will give the possibility to choose the language or subtitles and to use EPG...

On 24 June 2005, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) adopted four new reports as part of its ongoing monitoring process of the laws, policies and practices to combat racism in the Member States of the Council of Europe (for commentary on earlier reports, see IRIS 2005-7: 3). The country reports, which examine the situation in Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Spain, were adopted in the context of ECRI’s third monitoring cycle. Each report contains specific recommendations concerning the media. In three of the reports, ECRI expresses its concern that instances of incitement...

At the end of 2004, the Lithuanian Government adopted the "model for the introduction of digital television", which had been prepared by the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission, the Communications Regulatory Body and the Ministries for Culture and Communication. According to this model, digital terrestrial television will be introduced in Lithuania in two stages. In the first phase, four national networks will be created to broadcast or retransmit no fewer than 20 television channels. These networks will be gradually expanded, beginning in the major cities. Lithuania's five largest cities...