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As a part of the legislation concerning audiovisual services adopted at the end of its 2003 session, the Hungarian Parliament approved Act No. CII on the Amendment of Certain Acts on Intellectual Property. The new act contains a set of rules to implement Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (see IRIS 2001-5: 3). Given this subject, the majority of the new provisions will enter into force at the date of Hungary's accession to the European Union. Among other acts dealing with questions of intellectual property, the...

The Miniszterelnöki Hivatal (Prime Minister's Office ­ PMO) has published a concept paper proposing fundamental principles for a new media act. The planned act is intended to replace Act No I of 1996 on Radio and Television Services (Broadcasting Act), which currently regulates broadcasting activities in Hungary. The concept paper was elaborated by three experts invited by the PMO. The authors of the document stated that they regard the paper, which is approximately 50 pages long, as a basis for future professional discussions. The document consists of six chapters dealing with questions relating...

On 1 September 2003, the Hungarian Communications Authority Hírközlési Felügyelet (CA), the body which has a mandate equivalent to a National Regulatory Authority (NRA) according to European Union terminology, announced that the Hungarian Government approved the CA's annual report on its activities and management applicable to the year 2002 (Report). The Report consists of four main parts: (i) The Activities and Management of the Communications Authority; (ii) The Situation of the Communications Market; (iii) The Experiences related to the Operation of the Communications Market; (iv) The Opinion...

The new services are currently at an experimental stage, and are available in the area around Budapest via the digital terrestrial transmitter operated by AH. According to the company's press release it is intended to extend the services to the whole territory of Hungary and to satellite broadcasts as well. The introduction of such new technologies raises questions about the applicability of the instruments of the existing Hungarian regulatory framework. In the present case the newly-introduced digital superteletext service falls under the scope of Act No 1 of 1996 on Radio and Television Services,...

On 24 October 2002, the Hungarian National Public Service Television (M1) announced a public tender aiming to outsource the sales of its entire available commercial airtime, including sponsorship possibilities, to a company on an exclusive basis (see No. 43 / 2002 of the Public Procurement Newsletter). The tender had been based on the Act XL of 1995 on Public Procurement. The applicants had to fulfill financial, technical and professional requirements, among others, in order to have reliable bank credit records and they had to prove strong experience in the field of advertisement sales activities....