ROMANIA
I. First
solely Hungarian-language radio.
The first
exclusively Hungarian-language radio station has started
its operation in Sepsiszentgyoergy [Sfintu Gheorghe] in
[western] Romania. Mix Radio will broadcast
around the clock.
[Reporter]
The
station started bilingual broadcasting two years
ago: it has broadcast eight and a half hours in
Hungarian and five hours in Romanian every day. The
operator has now acquired a licence for a new frequency,
therefore the two editorial departments could be
separated. From [8th February] Mix Radio will
broadcast only in Hungarian, while Astra Radio will
broadcast only in Romanian from Sepsiszentgyoergy.
The extended Hungarian-language programme time will
enable programmes on political and social issues to be
broadcast in addition to the current bulletins.
Duna TV satellite
service, Budapest, February 8, 1999
II. Law
encourages European TV productions.
Romania’s
President Emil Constantinescu passed the law for altering
and completing the audiovisual law of 1992, the
presidency’s press office informed on . . . 13th
January.
According to the
new provisions, up to January 2003, the Romanian TV
stations are to gradually ensure the European audiovisual
productions most of their broadcasting time.
The law means by
European audiovisual productions those made in the
countries members of the Council of Europe, as well as
those fully or mostly achieved by producers, authors, and
residents of one of the countries in the Council of
Europe.
At least 40 per
cent of the European productions will be Romanian.
According to the
National Audiovisual Council’s mandatory schedule,
the Romanian TV stations are to gradually allot 10 per
cent of their broadcasting time to productions by
independent producers.
Rompres news agency,
Bucharest, January 13, 1999
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