News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court in Greece, will decide in the coming days whether the broadcasting reforms introduced by the government in February 2016 are constitutional or not. The 25 judges who make up the Council approved the appeals filed by six private television stations which were not granted broadcasting licenses on …
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The registration deadline for the Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria’s largest film festival, has been put back. Non-Bulgarian films now have until October 21st, while Bulgarian films have until December 1st. Bulgarian short films have until January 10th to register in their category. As well as the Bulgarian short film competition, there are competitive sections …
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On September 2nd, after 63 hours of bidding, the Greek government awarded the 4 broadcasting licenses for national television channels it had put up for auction as part of its major broadcasting reform. Beginning on August 30th the auction was held under very strict, closely watched conditions. With the final bids in, three businessmen and …
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On July 19th the Bosnian Parliament rejected the draft reform on public broadcasting funding, which includes the public television service BHRT. The idea behind the reform was to include each person’s TV license fee with their electricity bill, a method recently adopted in Italy. At present the fee is part of the bill for fixed …
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Having launched the application call to reduce the number of private television channels in Greece, Alexis Tsipras’ government is now considering the creation of a national advertising agency. It would have a monopoly on marketing advertising space and would be the sole intermediary between companies and the nation’s TV channels, the Minister of State Nikos …
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On July 4th the Minister of State Nikos Pappas announced the identity of the eleven applicants who put their name forward to buy a license for one of the four private channels. They are: Skai, Star Channel, Antenna TV, Dimera Media Investments, Alpha, Ioannis Vladimiros Kalogritsas, Alter Ego, Epsilon TV, Independent Television Content Provider, Mega …
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The Greek government has announced plans to initiate licensing agreements for national private channels which broadcast in an unencoded, “free-to-air” format. An international call for offers was launched, with bidding open until July 4th. Only four high definition broadcast licenses will be allocated, although at present the country has eight private channels. So at least …
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