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Slovak publishers have agreed on a common procedure for introducing a payment barrier for the readers of Slovak news websites as a condition for granting them access to a large amount of content from various competing media. The system, which enables paid online content and services, is called Piano and is aimed at reducing the barriers that currently discourage readers from paying for content. The man behind the idea and also the head of the Piano project was formerly editor-in-chief and deputy director of Slovakia’s largest broadsheet, and is now the co-founder of the Prague-based new media consulting...

The European Commission has finished the preliminary analysis of the measures implementing the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive into national law notified by 16 Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. Subsequently, the European Commission has sent fact-finding letters to these states inquiring about these implementing measures. The Commission is thus seeking to ensure that all provisions of the AVMS Directive have been correctly transposed into...

On 18 February 2011 the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic (SR) welcomed representatives of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (hereinafter: “IPI Executive Board”) to a meeting, the aim of which was to provide the latter with information on developments in the Slovak media sector. These developments particularly concern the Draft Bill amending Act No. 167/2008 Coll. on Periodicals and News Agency Services and the Amendment and Supplementing of Certain Acts (hereinafter referred to as “Press Act“; see IRIS 2008-5/29), the Act No. 308/2000 Coll. on Broadcasting and Retransmission...

Since 1 January 2011 Slovak Television (STV) and Slovak Radio (SRo) have merged into a single public institution under the Act No. 532/2010 on Slovak Television and Radio (hereinafter referred to as "Act") of 15 December 2010 (see IRIS 2011-1/49). Pursuant to the Act, Radio and Television of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as “RTS”) is a national, independent, informational, cultural and educational public service institution in the area of radio and television broadcasting. The activities of RTS are carried out by the following two branch offices: SRo and STV, which as separate entities...

On 3 November 2010 the National Council of the Slovak Republic (“NRSR“) received the Draft Bill on Slovak Radio and Slovak Television (“Bill“) proposed by the Ministry of Culture according to the Government’s policy statement for 2010-2014, in which the Government has committed itself to create a new frame of funding, organising and functioning of statutory media with the aim to improve the effectiveness of their work and to strengthen their statutory character. According to the relevant policy statement it is culture that can play an important role in the economic, social and environmental development...