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IRIS 2003-9:1/17 [HR] HRTL Wins the Bid for the Third National TV Concession

The HRTL company, consisting of the German RTL company and Croatia's Agrokor, Podravka, Atlantic Group, HVB/Splitska Bank, and Pinta TV3, has been given a 10-year concession for nation-wide television broadcasting in Croatia. HRTL was selected from among seven candidates by the Croatian Radio and Television Council, which chose HRTL's bid at a session on 16 September 2003. The selected concession-holder won five out of nine votes from the Council in the second round, when it competed with TV Moslavina, which mustered two votes. Another two votes were blank. HRTL beat, among others, the Rovita...

IRIS 2003-2:1/16 [HR] The Final Draft of the Law on Croatian Radio Television Proposed to the Croatian Parliament

The Croatian Government adopted the final draft of the new Law on Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (Croatian RadioTelevision - HRT) on 23 January 2003 and passed it to the Croatian Parliament (regarding the description of the organisational structures see in detail IRIS 2003-1: 10). HRT will be obliged to fill its programming with more than 55% of documentaries and other programmes in the Croatian language, while at least 50% of the remaining programme material must be of European origin. HRT shall also receive at least 10% of the total broadcast television programme from independent producers. The amount...

IRIS 2003-1:1/34 [GR] SEE Cinema Network

The South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE) was set up in 2000 on the initiative of the Greek Film Centre (a state-owned organisation attached to the Greek Ministry of Culture). It promotes and supports the national film industry of eleven Southeast European states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus). The aim is to provide support for the development, production and advertising of the member states’ films both within and outside the network. A support fund for co-productions...

IRIS 2003-1:1/20 [HR] Third Frequency of National TV to Be Privatised by October 2003

On 9 December 2002, the Vijece za radio i televiziju ´ (Council for Radio and Television) called for a public tender to allocate the third frequency currently used by Hrvatska radiotelevizija (Croatian RadioTelevision - HRT) to a private broadcaster (see IRIS 2002-10: 9). The tender will be published in the Official Gazette and potential concessionaires should file for tender documentation within 60 days of that date. The deadline for applications is 20 May 2003. The offers will be examined after 10 June 2003 and the new concessionaire shall be appointed by 1 October 2003. Thus, the deadlines for...

IRIS 2003-1:1/19 [HR] Government Proposed new Law on Croatian RadioTelevision

On 5 December 2002 the Croatian Government proposed a Draft Law on Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT - Croatian RadioTelevision) and introduced the legislative procedure by forwarding it to the Croatian Parliament. The draft Law determines that HRT should form one integral public institution instead of two as envisaged by the current Law, but shall be split into three organizational units: Television, Radio and Music Production. The governing bodies of the HRT shall be: HRT Council, HRT General Manager and HRT Management Board. The HRT Council will be composed of 11 persons, selected on the basis...