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On 11 February 2009 the Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (National Radio and Television Commission, ORTT) decided to reject the proposal of MTM-SBS and M-RTL, the operators of the two national terrestrial television channels, to the decrease of their broadcasting fees. In accordance with the rules of Act I on Radio and Television Broadcasting of 1996 (Broadcasting Act) broadcasters are required to pay an annual broadcasting fee. In the case of terrestrial broadcasters the amount of this fee is defined by the broadcasting contract concluded between the respective broadcaster and the ORTT. MTM-SBS...

In December 2008 the Hungarian Competition Council delivered a decision on the pricing policy of MTM-SBS. This company, which since 2007 has been a subsidiary of the ProSiebenSat1 Media AG, broadcasts TV2, one of Hungary’s two national commercial terrestrial television channels. TV2 has one of the largest audience shares in the country. Although broadcast primarily on analogue terrestrial frequencies, the channel is also available on various analogue and digital programme distribution networks. Until 2006 MTM-SBS granted the right to distribute TV2 for free to platform operators. However, in that...

This summer the Nemzeti Hírközlési Hatóság (National Communications Authority - NHH) and the parliamentary committee as designated by the Act LXXIV of 2007 on the rules of broadcast transmission and digital switchover (Digital Switchover Act) has completed two tendering procedures by deciding on the licences granting the right to operate terrestrial broadcasting networks. Subsequently the representatives of the authority and the incumbent transmission company Antenna Hungária (AH) have signed the corresponding agreements (see IRIS 2008-9: 14). However, the decisions closing the tenders were challenged...

On 5 September 2008 the representatives of the Nemzeti Hírközlési Hatóság (National Communications Authority - NHH) and the national transmission company Antenna Hungária (AH) signed the agreements on the launch of commercial DTT and DAB services. The signature has closed the tendering procedures initiated in March 2008 (see IRIS 2008-5:12). In spring the NHH published two separate invitations to tender. One concerned the right to operate five terrestrial TV broadcasting networks while the subject of the other call was the operation of one terrestrial DAB network. Both of the tenders concerned...

The framework of State support provided for the production and distribution of films in Hungary is defined by Act II of 2004 on Motion Picture (Film Act; see IRIS 2004-2: 13). The State support scheme was approved by the European Commission shortly following its establishment; however, the term of this approval has expired in 2008. This led to the revision of the film support scheme. The subsequent assessment by the Commission has revealed that the Film Act needs certain amendments. However, none of the necessary amendments influences fundamentally the framework as established in 2004. The Hungarian...