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24/08/2014

Ministry calls on RTL to act responsibly towards government

(MTI) – The broadcaster RTL group should act responsibly and proportionately bear their share of the tax burden in Hungary, the economy ministry said on Friday. […]
29/07/2014

Kroes Says Media Freedom Remains Under Threat In Hungary

(MTI) – Media freedom remains under threat in Hungary, said Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the digital agenda, in a blog […]
27/06/2014

RTL Klub Tax Write-Off In 2011 Comes To HUF 23bn, Says Varga

(MTI) – Commercial TV channel RTL Klub recorded 23 billion forints (EUR 74.8bn) in deferred losses back in 2011, and this is an amount that already […]
14/06/2014

Govt calls RTL Klub “Revenge” For Ad Tax Unacceptable

(MTI) – The government deems it “unacceptable” that commercial channel RTL Klub “has launched a war” because it has to pay tax in Hungary and wants […]
06/06/2014

RTL: Ad Tax Spells End Of Press Freedom In Hungary

Berlin, June 6 (MTI) – The planned introduction of a tax on adverts spells the end of press freedom in Hungary, a senior official of the […]
08/04/2014

ATV Broke Law By Broadcasting Political Campaign Material, Says Top Court

Budapest, April 8 (MTI) – The Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, has ruled that commercial broadcaster ATV broke the election law by placing altogether 11 political ads […]
02/03/2014

‘Fölszállott a páva’ – Folk Music And Dance TV Show starts on March 8th

The broadcasting of the talent spotter show first began in the 1960’s by the original name ´Röpülj páva´. At the beginning, many raised doubts whether the […]
18/01/2014

The Hungarian TV2 rejects charges concerning sale

Budapest, January 17 (MTI) – Hungarian commercial television TV2 refutes accusations made recently in connection with its sale and against its new owners, spokesman Tamas Koltay […]
15/01/2014

Hungary’s Media Service targets overseas viewers for Duna World TV

Hungary’s public service media organisation, Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), is targeting viewers in Australia and the Americas through a new deal with […]
02/01/2014

TV2 – Hungarian TV channel fined to suspend broadcast for half day today

Budapest, January 2 (MTI) – Commercial channel TV2 will be forced to go blank for half a day from Thursday noon because it violated media regulations […]
28/12/2013

Opposition presses for full disclosure on TV2 sale

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – Leaders of the opposition Socialists and the E14-PM electoral alliance called on Friday for full disclosure of the identity of the […]
26/12/2013

German ProSiebenSat1 announces Hungary TV2 sale

(MTI) – German media company ProSiebenSat1 officially announced on Monday that it has sold MTM-SBS, the company which operates the commercial TV channel TV2 in Hungary. […]