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CROATIA - Television across Europe: Regulation, policy and independence

Television in Croatia has undergone major reforms in recent years, but the momentum of change needs to be maintained if public broadcasting is to become genuinely independent. The establishment in 2003 of the country’s main broadcasting regulator, the Council of Electronic Media (CEM), strengthened the country’s regulatory system, and the CEM has so far been able to retain its independence.

These are the main findings of the Croatia country report included in the monitoring series Television across Europe: regulation, policy and independence. The country report was produced by the Open Society Institute (EUMAP and Media Program) in cooperation with the Institute for International Relations (IMO), and released in Zagreb on 2 December 2005. The monitoring series Television across Europe includes a total of twenty country reports. Each report makes concrete recommendations addressed at bringing the television sector into line with international standards, and with citizens’ needs.

Press Releases

2 December 2005: Broadcasting reform and independence need to be consolidated in Croatia

2. prosinac 2005: Potrebna konsolidacija reformi i raznolikosti u radiotelevizijskom sektoru u Hrvatskoj

Reports

Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence.
- Summary Report, including international overview
- Croatia Country report

Televizija u Europi: zakonodavstvo, javne politike i neovisnost. Pregled + Hrvatska

Reporters

Zrinjka Perusko
Head of Department of Culture and Communication, Institute for International Relations (IMO)

Zrinjka Peruško holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Zagreb. Her research interests focus on the analysis of media policy, political communication and media system changes in the context of democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, including the impacts of globalization and commercialization on the media systems and media industry in relation to media pluralism and diversity. Dr. Peruško is Head of the Department for Culture and Communication at the Institute for International Relations, Zagreb, and lectures at the University of Zagreb. She is an expert member of the Group of Specialists on Media and Diversity (MC-S-MD) of the Council of Europe. Email: zrinjka at irmo.hr, http://www.imo.hr/imo/staff/perusko.html

Partner NGO

Institute for International Relations (IMO)

A joint initiative of:

Open Society Institute - EUMAP

Open Society Institute - Media Program

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International Press and Web Coverage

Hrvatska radiotelevizija: "Otvoreno Društvo: Javna Televizija Mora Nastaviti s Reformama" (2/12/05)

HINA: "Koncentracija vlasništva u europskim elektonskim medijima" (11/10/05)

HINA: "Otvoreno Društvo: Javna Televizija Mora Nastaviti s Reformama" (2/12/05)

Novi List: "HTV među najgledanijim javnim televizijama u Europi" (3/12/05)

24 Sata: "HTV je najgledanija javna televizija u Europi" (3/12/05)

One World Southeast Europe: "Javna televizija u Hrvatskoj: manje politickog pritiska, vise trivijalnih sadrzaja" (6/12/05)

Netnovinar.org: "Televizija u Evropi: regulativa, politika i nezavisnost" (18/10/05)

Nacionalna zaklada za razvoj civilnoga drustva: "Svečano predstavljanje izvješća EUMAP - o stanju nezavisnih televizija u Europi" (28/11/05)

EQVIWA: "EUMAP: Televizija u Europi: zakonodavstvo, javne politike i nezavisnost" (28/11/05)

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