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At its summer session of 2002, the Hungarian Parliament has adopted Act No. XXIII of 2002 amending the annual state budget for 2002. This act brought inter alia fundamental changes to the system of Hungarian media financing. The financing of Hungarian public service broadcasters is described by Act No. I. of 1996 on radio and television broadcasting (Broadcasting Act). This act lays down the foundations of a mixed system, in which the largest source of income for public service broadcasters is the licence fee. It shall be paid by households having TV sets. It is complemented by revenues from commercial...

Article 61 para. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary of 20 August 1949 (last amended in 2004 by Act No. CIV) gives everyone the right to freely express his opinions, as well as to access and distribute information of public interest. The freedom of the press is guaranteed under Article 61 para. 2 of the Constitution. With regard to broadcasting, various parliamentary decisions are regulated by the Constitution. For example, according to Article 61 para. 4, a two-thirds majority of votes of the Members of Parliament present is required to pass the law on the supervision of public radio,...

Following a preparatory process lasting nearly four years, the Parliament of the Republic of Hungary has approved the Bill on the Amendment of Act No. I of 1996 on Radio and Television Services ("Broadcasting Act"). The amendment concerns issues aimed at achieving full harmonisation of the Hungarian Broadcasting Act with the relevant EU legislation and with the European Convention on Transfrontier Television as recently amended by a protocol. The amendment has been enacted following the fourth submission of the Bill, which according to the provisions of the Constitution of Hungary required a two-thirds...

On 7March 2002, the Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (National Radio and Television Commission - ORTT) published a concept paper on regulation concerning Internet content. The document entitled “Principles of content regulation for public electronic communications” was prepared by a group of experts working with the Co-ordination of the Strategy Directorate of the ORTT's Office. Professional organisations, such as the Hungarian Content Providers' Association, the Conciliatory Forum for Informatics, and the Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights (ARTISJUS) also contributed to...

The National Radio and Television Commission (NRTC) on 26 October 2001 filed a first written notice to Pannon Radio, a regional commercial broadcaster, in relation to its program entitled "Standard" and imposed a fine of HUF 1 Million (about EUR 4,078). In September 2001, during the Pannon Radio's "Standard", the full text of an already-published article of the Vice-president of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (HJLP) and Member of Parliament representing HJLP was read. Originally the article was published in a HJLP party paper. In connection with the article mentioned above, a criminal investigation...