Skopje, 3 April 2024 – In accordance with the obligations arising from the Election Code, the Public Broadcasting Service, i.e. the First and Second Programming Services of the Macedonian Television, and the privately-owned television programming services at the state level that will be airing paid political advertising have an obligation, while reporting on the elections, to adjust one edition of their newscasts and one piece of content broadcasted in the period from 16:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs to the persons with sensory impairments.
The outlets that will be airing content in a format accessible for people with disabilities include MRT 1, MRT 2, Alfa TV, Alsat M TV, Kanal 5 TV, Sitel TV, Telma TV, Kompani 21-M TV, Shenja TV, Klan Macedonia TV, Sonce TV, 24 Vesti TV and Nasha TV.
Although it has no obligation under the Electoral Code, the regional M TV from Ohrid will also be providing programme accessible for persons with sensory impairments.
The list of accessible contents for each media outlet in particular is available at this link.