Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter

Issue 33-34 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law November, 1996

INSIDE
Articles

Constitutional Protection of Media Freedoms in Russia’s Highest Courts

The State of the Media in the Transcaucasus

Signs of the Times

Russia

I. Lazutkin assesses state of Russian TV.
II. Russian state-run TV head reduced to Moscow media chief.
III. Anatoly Lysenko: Enough Love, Give Us Some Money.
IV. Channel 2 Director to leave network.
V. VGTRK head Sagalayev on cash crisis, reform plans.
VI. Yelstin Proclamation on VGTRK.
VII. NTV and Its Universities.
VIII. Duma again recommends ORT renationalization.
IX. State broadcasting may be cut because of lack of funds.
X. Russian Networks Race for the Sky.
XI. Far East radio broadcasting under threat.
XII. New satellite TV channel STS to launch in December.
XIII. Government repays debt arrears to media sector.
XIV. Gazprom buys 20% stake in Top Daily.

Azerbaijan

I. Independent TV stations closed in licensing row.

Latvia

I. How Latvia pulled the plug on Russian public television.
II. Appeal to take TV company off air turned down.

Lithuania

I. Law on national radio and television adopted.

Ukraine

I. Independent TV begins broadcasting on third channel.
II. Picket of Crimean parliament over ORT ban.
III. National Broadcasting Council Disagrees with Parliament’s Decision on Licences.
IV. Crimean parliament proposes resuming ORT relays.
V. Crimean TV programme taken off the air.
VI. Broadcasting council criticizes curbs on licences.
VII. New TV channel for Ukraine in late October.
VIII. Broadcasts in Hungarian cut on Subcarpathian TV.
IX. Russia loses right to beam TV to Ukraine.
X. Crimean Supreme Council pushes for ORT.
XI. Gala Radio allowed to resume broadcasting.

Uzbekistan

I. Media should be state-controlled, paper says.

Bulgaria

I. Bulgaria parliament rejects Zhelev media law veto.
II. Assembly again passes vetoed radio-TV law.

Croatia

I. New media bill.

Czech Republic

I. TV-Nova leads Czech television ratings.

Hungary

I. Launch of private TVs and radios delayed.
II. Media complaints committee set up.
III. National commercial broadcasting delayed.

Poland

I. President endorses radical reform of public television.
II. KRRiTV allots two large regional TV licences.
III. Radio trends outlined at Warsaw conference.
IV. Polish TV losing independence, opposition says.

Slovakia

I. CME strengthens East Euro hold with Slovakia launch.
II. Slovak Radio angered over closure of Radio CDI.

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