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On 2 December 2002 the president of the Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (National Radio and Television Commission - ORTT, the independent regulatory authority for the media) announced her resignation. She was elected to the presidency by the previous Parliament - general elections had been held in April 2002 - in February 2000 for a four-year term of office. According to her statement, financial pressure caused by the planned budgetary decisions in respect of the ORTT has reached a level which - beyond her controlfundamentally endangers the proper functioning of the regulatory authority....

In a decision of autumn 2002 the Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (National Radio and Television Commission - ORTT, the independent regulatory authority for the media) stated that TV 2 - a national commercial television channel - violated the provisions of Act No 1 of 1996 on Radio and Television Services (Broadcasting Act) aimed at protecting minors by broadcasting a version of "Big Brother". Beyond this statement the ORTT has also imposed a HUF 6,900,000.- (approx. EUR 290,000.-) fine on the broadcaster. Neither such kind of reality shows nor relevant ORTT's decisions in this regard have...

On 18 October 2002 the Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission- ORTT) published a communication to the broadcasters on guidelines concerning protection of minors. The publication of the communication was a consequence of the adoption of Act No. XX of 2002 amending Act No I of 1996 on Radio and Television Services (Broadcasting Act, see IRIS 2002-8: 8). By this amendment the system protecting minors had been fundamentally changed, and a new set of much more detailed provisions replaced the former corresponding rules. According to the provisions recently...

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,...