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NOVA TV, a privately owned company from Zagreb, obtained the first national commercial television concession granted by the Vije ´ce za telekomunikacije (Telecommunication Council) on 12 July 1999, as it was the only applicant for the concession announced by the end of 1998. NOVA TV has yet to sign a contract for the concession by 30 October 1999. The concession applies to the fourth national network (that is, the use of the fourth frequency range) that is still to be constructed and for the time being has no equipment installed. This fact might be a reason why there were no other applicants, although...

The new Law on Telecommunications passed on 30 June 1999 sets preconditions for the privatisation of the fixed telephone network until now owned by Hrvatske telekomunikacije (the Croatian TelecomHT ) and further facilitates full competition in this market starting on 1 January 2003. The new law thus implements the EC's Open Network Provisions. This also entails real competition in the market of Internet providers. The new law also establishes the Hrvatski zavod za telekomunikacije , (the Croatian Institute for Telecommunications, which is the state administrative organisation) as an independent...

Latest changes in the Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) Act adopted by the Croatian Parliament in November have opened the door for making Croatian state TV public. For the first time, the body supervising Croatian Television, the Croatian Radio-Television Council (the Council), will have the majority of its members selected from the organisations and bodies that represent public interests. The Council will consist of 23 members. Only 10 will be parliamentarians and they will be appointed in proportion to the parliamentary representation of the parties. Under the old regime, the Council comprised...

In IRIS 1996-5: 7-10 we published an overview of the state of Signatures and Ratifications of European Conventions and other international treaties that are relevant to the audiovisual sector. The listing of when States became Party to the Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite (printed on page 8) is, however, not correct. Accidentily it reproduces the dates on which States became Party to the Berne Convention for the protection of copyright of literary and artistic works (as printed on page 7). The correct date on which States became Party...