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A draft new Audiovisual Media Act (audiovizuálny zákon) has been prepared by the Slovakian Ministry of Culture and the Arts. It is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2007 and would completely replace the current Act No. 1/1996 of 14 December 1995. The new legislation is required in order to bring Slovakian audiovisual law into line with the European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage, of which the Slovak Republic became the ninth signatory state on 17 February 2003. The draft document regulates the following: the obligations of natural and legal persons with...

In the course of 2006, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers (CM) adopted a number of country-specific Resolutions in the context of the Second Monitoring Cycle of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). The Resolutions focus on the Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia and contain a number of provisions concerning the (audiovisual) media (for similar provisions in earlier country-specific Resolutions, see IRIS 2006-2: 4). In respect of the Czech Republic, the CM recommends, inter alia, that the authorities take “additional...

The project for the systematic restoration of the audiovisual heritage of the Slovak Republic, which is aimed at preserving audiovisual works and gradually making them available to the general public, was discussed and approved by the government of the Slovak Republic at its session on 17 May 2006. This project is intended to establish the foundations within the Slovak Republic for the preservation and restoration of the audiovisual heritage in accordance with relevant international agreements. In addition, it is to define the conditions for the extension of that heritage and its preservation for...

In the new electoral period the Slovak government plans to pass a bill to establish a zákon o digitalizácii vysielania (Law on the Digitisation of Broadcasting Transmissions). The law is to enter into force on 1 January 2007. The bill incorporates the following principles: - Regulation of the rights and duties of natural and legal persons with respect to digital broadcasting and other services related to digital transmission; - Guarantee of a smooth transition from the analogue to the digital transmission route in connection with international obligations that are legally binding upon the Slovak...

A significant change has taken place in the Slovakian commercial television market. Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which is run by the heir to the Estee Lauder empire, Roland Lauder, is taking control of the current market leader, the private broadcaster TV Markiza. CME previously owned a 49% minority share in the company. It also has an interest in other related activities in the Czech Republic (see IRIS 2005-3: 8) and usually uses a Dutch-based subsidiary to look after its European media undertakings. In addition to the aforementioned countries, CME is active in Bulgaria, Slovenia,...