I. Paper comments on supervisory councils for TV.Armenia
II. Berezovsky pulls strings at ORT: former chief.
III. Gazprom media plans.
IV. Paper comments on prospective new ORT head.
V. TV official on closure of “Moment of Truth.”
VI. Bill outlawing privatization of Russian TV planned.
VII. Duma to debate law on pirate satellite broadcasts.
VIII. Journalists’ union protests against draft media law.I. Broadcasting bill flawed, media professionals say.AzerbaijanI. Private radio stations waiting for frequencies.Belarus
II. State TV head: main goal to cover president's activities.I. Glasnost Defense Fund and Belarus Association of Journalists worried by attempts to limit press freedoms.Estonia
II. ORT journalist will still face trial in Belarus.
III. Belarus releases Russian Public TV journalist Sheremet.I. TeleMedia Esti sells stake in TV3 to AS Krenno.Kazakhstan
II. Estonian TV's head of news resigns.
III. New state TV head; failure to appoint radio director.
IV. European media experts criticize broadcasting bill.
V. Parliament amends language law.I. Advertising a must for any TV channel—Khabar TV head.KyrgyzstanI. Kyrgyzstan to end relays of Russian TV stations.LatviaI. Four new members of Radio and TV Council elected.MoldovaUkraine
- I. Television prefers ruling officials rather than opposition, study says.
II. Association of independent press launched in Moldova.
III. Audio-visual council thinks over candidates for teleradio-moldova chief.
IV. Head of state TV-radio company resigns.
V. Media commission wants revision of law on audio-visual.I. Parliament rejects president's changes to media laws.
Albania
II. Parliament fails to overturn president's veto on media law.I. Draft law stipulates “independent” TV radio steering body.Bulgaria
II. Parliament approves radio-TV law amendment.I. Radio and TV appointments “unconstitutional.”Czech Republic
II. Journalists object to end of Russian, French broadcasts.I. Czechs must adopt EU television rules, says MEP.HungaryI. TV2 stops terrestrial broadcasts.
Slovakia
II. SBS sparks East Euro TV war.
III. TV licenses spark battle in Hungary; ex-U.S. envoy's firm sues over alleged politicization of contract awards.I. Company rebuked for cutting power to Radio Twist.
Turkey
II. TV channels join renamed group of independents.
III. Cabinet says SRo, STV must pay for Telecom services.I. Paper opposed to TV broadcasts of centralized sermons.
United KingdomI. Decoder agreement for UK terrestrial digital TV.
Yugoslavia and Former YugoslaviaA. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sfor Takeover of Transmitters
ArticlesAlgeriaI. UNTAES proposes independent media model to Serbs.B. Croatia
II. High Representative’s plans to reorganize media.
III. High Representative accuses SRT Pale of sabotaging station.
IV. Plavsic favours Banja Luka/Pale alternate broadcasts.
V. SRT’s future shape outlined by Deputy High Representative.
VI. Sfor reportedly ready to beam Banja Luka TV via satellite.
VII. Serb Republic not to replace Krajisnik on SRT board.
VIII. Opposition parties request control of second TV channel.
IX. Broadcasters slam anti-media violence.
X. “Special vehicles” reportedly used to broadcast Pale SRT.
XI. US aircraft said to be jamming Pale SRT programmes.
XII. Explosion wrecks SRT transmitter in Bijeljina.
XIII. Bosnian Serb leader says media control makes election campaign unfair.
XIV. Radio-TV chief in Pale says media undermined by international community.
XV. Pale-based TV told it must dismiss director, change editorial policy.
XVI. SRT Banja Luka to sever cooperation with Pale studio.
XVII. Serb Radio Doboj “intensifying” anti-Sfor propaganda.
XVIII. Contact Group “conclusions” on Serb media.
XIX. “Serb Sarajevo studio” broadcasts on Pale frequency.
XX. Yugoslavian broadcasts lessons of freedom.
XXI. High Representative to appoint new Serb Radio-TV head.
XXII. Changes in SRT sought by High Representative.
XXIII. High Representative seeks to cut political influence on media.
XXIV. NATO Says It Shut Serb Radio to Silence Propaganda.
XXV. Defying NATO, Hard-Line Serbs Resume Broadcasting in Bosnia.
XXVI. Bosnian Serbs reject demands on SRT.
XXVII. SRT editor rejects attempts to set up “protectorate.”
XXVIII. Serb journalists call on SRT managers to resign.
XXIX. Serb local radios call for freedom of expression.
XXX. Bosnian Serbs reportedly fall out over Sfor action.
XXXI. Serb leader says Sfor action counterproductive.
XXXII. Authorities to dismantle “all” illegal transmitters.
XXXIII. SRT Pale studio to opt out of alternate broadcasting deal.
XXXIV. Police dismantle transmitters relaying Croat TV.I. Future of Serb broadcasters discussed.C. Serbia
II. Daily sees attempt to “strangulate” Croat media.
III. NATO threatens to take steps against Croat TV Mostar.
IV. Croat TV Mostar chief refutes accusations.
V. Croats in Tuzla protest move against Croatian Radio-TV.I. Nis TV editor resigns because of lack of autonomy.
II. Nis TV editor resigns over editorial policy.
III. Former Studio B managers vow to fight on.
IV. Call for Croatian-language TV channel.I. Algerian TV denies banning TF1 programmes.NigeriaI. Nigerian aircraft destroy radio and TV transmitter.IndiaI. Private telecom operators form radio advisory body.Indonesia
II. Broadcasting authority in place soon, says minister.
III. Broadcast bill will address grievances on DTH.
IV. Broadcasting corporation board ready by October.
V. Communists to oppose broadcasting bill.
VI. Paper comments on new autonomy for AIR, Doordarshan.
VII. New Broadcasting Act goes into effect.
VIII. Radio, TV staff said to be “cynical” about new Act.
IX. Broadcasting Act to come into force in mid-September.
X. Article sees Broadcasting Act as “pretence.”Forthcoming Book on Broadcasting Reform in India:
BROADCASTING REFORM IN INDIA: A Case Study in the Use of Comparative Media Law
Monroe E. Price, Stefaan G. Verhulst, EditorsI. New broadcasting bill becomes law.SingaporeI. Singapore government to revise Internet regulatory code.