ALFA TV EXERTS PRESSURE ON AVMU BY AIRING MALICIOUS INFORMATION

Skopje, 18 April 2024 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services reacts most strongly against Alfa TV’s attempt at exerting pressure on the regulatory body by airing malicious information. Namely, in the edition of the show “Zaspij ako mozes” (“Fall asleep if you can”), premiered on the evening of 16 April 2024, journalist Goran Momirovski asserted, among other things, that the Agency:[…]

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Skopje, 12 April 2024 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services condemns the repeated labelling and discrediting of Kanal 5 TV in today’s announcement by the Levica (the Left) political party president Dimitar Apasiev on Facebook.[…]

BROADCASTERS SHOULD NOT BROADCAST PPА INVOLVING MINORS

Skopje, 9 April 2024 – While monitoring media coverage related to the 2024 Presidential Elections, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has concluded that, contrary to Article 76, Paragraph 3, of the Electoral Code, the paid political advertising of presidential candidates Stevo Pendarovski and Bujar Osmani involves participation of minors[…]

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Skopje, 7 April 2024 – Referring to the case related to the journalist Furkan Saliu, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services calls on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to immediately, i.e. at the soonest time possible, clear the case and inform the public about the reasons for his detention accordingly[…]

TV Content that will be adapted for Persons with Disabilities during the 2024 Elections

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[…]



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