Skopje, 28 December 2018 – The Agency conducted regular programme supervision over the programming services of Makedonska Televizija (Macedonian Television) – MRT1 and MRT 2 – concerning the legal provisions requiring observance of the rules for minors’ protectionfrom programmes that may harm their physical, psychological and moral development, the rules for airing audiovisual commercial communications, their obligations related to airing quizzes and other forms of prize-giving shows, as well as telephone voting and value-added telephone services. The supervision found that both MRT1 and MRT2 had acted in line with the LAAVMS’ legal provisions.
The Agency also conducted regular administrative supervision over MRT 1 and MRT 2, regarding the obligation to publish an Impressum, information that should be made available to the users, as well as the broadcaster’s identification. No violations were detected in this regard either.
The respective supervision reports are available at the links below:
First Programming Service (MRT 1) – (Article 50, Paragraph 3; Articles 53, 54, 55, 98, 98, 101 and 103; Article 52, Article 93 and Article 94 of the LAAVMS) – 27.12.2018
First Programming Service (MRT 1) – (Article 14 of the Media Law; Article 51, Paragraph 1, and Article 97 of the LAAVMS) – 27.12.2018
Second Programming Service (MRT 2) – (Article 50, Paragraph 3; Articles 53, 54, 55, 98, 98, 101 and 103, Article 52, Article 93 and Article 94 of the LAAVMS) – 27.12.2018
Second Programming Service (MRT 2) – (Article 14 of the Media Law; Article 51, Paragraph 1, and Article 97 of the LAAVMS) – 27.12.2018