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The broadcasting sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina is very complex and financially poor, and besides it is oversaturated. None of the broadcasters cover the entire country’s territory or population. Spillover of programming from the neighbouring countries is also present together with brodcasting piracy. This aspect has been additionally complicated by the still unregulated position of cable distributors in the country. However, the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA), which is responsible for both broadcasting and telecommunications is trying to regulate this sector. Seemingly the first visible...

The House of Peoples of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly has adopted the draft Act on the Public Radio and Television System in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the form adopted by the House of Representatives of the State Parliament (see IRIS 2004-1: 9 and IRIS 2005-6: 8). Bosnian Croat deputies at the House of Peoples voted against the law, since they had earlier declared this law detrimental to the vital interests of the Croat people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. But the Bosnia and Herzegovina Constitutional Court ruled that the law was not unfavourable for the vital interests of the...

The Act on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still in draft version (see IRIS 2004-1: 9). The House of Representatives of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly rejected the report of the House of Representatives' Commission for Traffic and Communications on the draft Law on PBS. The changes in the act should bring new provisions concerning TV licence fees and the appointment of the members of the Board of Governors. It should ensure that the management and editorial team are appointed in a way that will not threaten the independence of the PBS, as well as...

The Communications Regulatory Agency (RAK) has conducted a public opening for the allocation of available frequency resources for terrestrial broadcasting of RTV programmes. The RAK is an independent state-level institution, with responsibility for the regulation of the telecommunications and electronic media sector, but it also has the remit to manage the frequency spectrum in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In January 2005 the Agency announced a public invitation for the allocation of the available frequencies for terrestrial broadcasting of RTV programmes, along with the list for terrestrial broadcasting...

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed the ruling of the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA/RAK) concerning the name of public broadcasters. Paragraph 1 of the CRA Rule 01/199 on the definition and obligation of public broadcasting (changed and amended text, adopted on 22 September 2003), states that “no public broadcaster as defined by this Rule is to contain, within its official name any prefix, reference, symbol or designation which may lead to its being regarded as the exclusive domain of one ethnic or national group”. Within three months from the date of entry...