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In a decision issued on 28 August 2006 the Hungarian Competition Council ( Versenytanács ) authorised a merger involving Chellomedia Programming B.V. and Sport1 TV Műsorszolgáltató Zrt. The authorisation is subject to a “must offer” obligation. Chellomedia Programming B. V. is an undertaking linked to Liberty Global Inc. and its affiliates provide, inter alia, cable programme distribution services for approximately 30.5 million households in 19 countries. There are two affiliates of Liberty Global present in the Hungarian media market: UPC Magyarország Kft., the largest cable television company...

In January 2006, the Government submitted a draft act “on the Rules of Digital Broadcast Transmission”to the Parliament. The proposal aims at creating the necessary legal preconditions for the introduction of digital broadcasting services in Hungary, with special regard to digital terrestrial television (DTT) services. The background of the proposed bill is provided by Act No. C. of 2003. on Electronic Communications. The main provisions of the draft are as follows: - The definition of the legal status of the multiplex service providers; - A basic set of rules concerning interoperability of networks...

The national parliamentary elections in Hungary will take place on 9 April 2006. On 12 January 2006 the Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission (“NRTC”) published its recommendations for the electronic media on the coverage of the national elections. The main goal of the recommendation is, according to its Chapter on “Goals and Basic Principles”, to better enforce the relevant articles of the Hungarian Media Act and the Act on the Elections Procedure on Balanced Broadcasting. The document consists of ten chapters: I. Goals and Basic Principles; II. General rules; III. The way of presentation;...

The Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission (NRTC) issued on 6 December 2005 a draft for a media act, developed by 6 media experts. This draft is intended to be discussed in public debate and could lead to a negotiable draft act for the Hungarian Parliament. The purpose of the draft act is to achieve compliance with the latest technical developments in the audiovisual sector, and to fulfill the relevant European legislative requirements. The draft, which consists of 14 chapters, introduces new decision-making bodies in the area of media content regulation. These are the National Radio...

A number of provisions concerning the (audiovisual) media can be found in the five country-specific Resolutions adopted to date by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers (CM) in the context of the Second Monitoring Cycle of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). In respect of Croatia, the CM recommends that the State authorities inter alia “encourage media engagement in the promotion of inter-cultural dialogue”. In respect of Denmark, the CM identifies as an issue of concern a “seam of intolerance within Danish society […] inter alia, in the political...