Signs of the Times
RussiaArticlesGovernment Audit of State TVAzerbaijanI. Audit points to abuses by federal broadcaster.Media News from Duma
II. Auditors find serious shortcomings at Russian state TV.I. Critics Say Media Bill Poses Threat.
Kultura
II. Radio-TV bill affected by political considerations.
III. Reactions to Duma moves to curb TV advertising.
IV. Duma approves TV, film “morality” watchdog.
V. Duma pushes for “Parliamentary Hour” on TV.I. Kultura TV trustees discuss strategy.
Other Media News
II. Yeltsin praises Kultura TV channel.I. Media-Most to expand satellite broadcasting.
II. Unexim Bank plans to set up media holding, television.
III. Vice-premier Nemtsov opposes press monopolies.
IV. ORT shareholders confirm state’s “priority status.”I. ANS planning expansion of TV broadcasts.Estonia
II. Cable TV joint venture steps up activity.I. Advertising boost for private TV stations.Kyrgyzstan
II. Media watchdog head unhappy with transmission costs.I. Decree establishes new state TV, radio corporation.Moldova
II. Wired radio system in financial difficulties.
III. Kyrgyz people will soon watch Russian TV.I. Opposition to Romanian private Pro-TV studio.Tajikistan
II. Politicians fight to control the media.
III. Dnestr radio centre rebuilt with Russian funds.I. First private TV station on the air.UkraineI. Firm responds to Russia video piracy complaint.Albania
II. Crackdown on Russian media on the eve of elections.
III. Crimean TV/radio firm taken off air without warning.
IV. President vetoes amendments to broadcasting law.
V. Parliament passes amendments to broadcasting bill.I. Law on frequencies to affect survival of stations.Slovakia
II. Frequency allocation system criticized.
III. Council of Europe pledges to back Albanian media.I. Court overturns regulator’s ruling on Markiza TV.Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia
II. Slovak TV rejects media regulator reservations.
III. Media watchdog calls on Slovak TV to be objective.
IV. Parliament rejects broadcasting law amendment.A. Bosnia-HerzegovinaReopening of SRTB. CroatiaI. Bijeljina TV studio receives Banja Luka SRT programmes.Other Media News
II. Serbs to centralize radio-TV, abolish Pale studio.
III. Sfor says Pale studio cannot set programme policy.
IV. Unified Bosnian SRT network re-established.
V. OHR Mostar adviser to join SRT.
VI. Bosnian Serb TV station to reopen under free press rules.
VII. Agreement on return of SRT TV transmitters.
VIII. NATO to hand Bosnian Serb TV transmitters back to new govt.I. State TV editor resigns over ban on trade union report.
II. Main Muslim party complains of bias by Bosnian TV.
III. Serb journalists reject international TV supervisor.C. MontenegroI. Journalist group suggests changes to TV law.
II. Telecom council invites tenders for new TV channel.
III. Croatian Serbs to demand national radio station.
IV. Journalists protest Croatian authorities’ grip on media.
V. Forum 21 calls on four Croatian state television executives to quit.D. SerbiaI. Montenegro to form its own news agency, slams Belgrade media.
II. Montenegro to “ignore” frequency tender, start agency.
III. Minister on news agency plans, broadcast subsidy.Closure of Mladenovac TVI. Mladenovac residents protest closure of local TV.Closure of TV Feman
II. Editor on decision to end Mladenovac TV broadcasts.I. Opposition Feman TV may reopen illegally.Other Media News
II. Federal inspectors stop TV Feman broadcasts.I. Serb Republic government revokes radio, TV licences.Future of Serbian Media
II. Milosevic defies the world, media blamed for “terrorism.”
III. Crackdown on independent media reporting of Kosovo.
IV. Hardline nationalists to set up own TV station.
V. Serb Radio-TV director-general sacked.
VI. Serb Minister calls for co-ordination of broadcasters.
VII. Yugoslav TV said to be seeking own television channel.I. Future of Bosnian Serb media assessed.