Skopje, 03.10.2017 – While monitoring media coverage of the 2017 Local Elections during the election campaign, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services found that Alsat-M TV and Nova TV had exceeded the limit for paid political advertising.
The monitoring of Alsat-M TV on 26 and 28 September 2017 showed that, out of one real hour of broadcasted programme, more than one minute was paid political advertising of the political parties in the Parliament of RM that do not have an MP group.
The monitoring over Nova TV on 28 September and 1 October 2017 established that, out of one real hour of broadcasted programme, more than 8 minutes had been dedicated to paid political advertising of the opposition political parties.
The monitoring reports can be downloaded at the following links:
TV Alsat-M – Article 75-e, Paragraph 1, of the Electoral Code – 03.10.2017
TV Nova – Article 75-e, Paragraph 1, of the Electoral Code – 03.10.2017