Skopje, October 10, 2012– The Broadcasting Council (BC) today hosted a working meeting with the representatives ofnational and regional radio stations. The meeting was dedicated to several aspects of the operation of radio stations in theRepublic of Macedonia, and specific problems in theimplementation of the rules for advertising and sponsorship were discussed.[…]
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October 03, 2012 BC accepted the Request from the Radio Klasik FM on the Change of the Ownership Structure
Skopje, October 03, 2012 – On today’s 42nd the Broadcasting Council (BC) accepted the request of the commercial broadcaster Gaudeamus Radio Klasik FM, Martin Dooel from Skopje about the change of its ownership structure, after it had been noted that with the envisaged change no illegal media concentration will be created. With this the precondition for suspension of the procedure for license revoking has been fulfilled.[…]
October 02, 2012 BC urges the Media to report in a Professional Manner
Skopje, October 02, 2012 – The Broadcasting Council (BC) urges the media to keep to the professional journalistic standards and principles and to avoid sensationalism in their reporting.[…]
September 25, 2012 DENIAL of the Article, published in the daily DEN, titled as: “Who is who in the Australian Broadcasting Sector?”
Skopje, September 25, 2012 – BC denies all information in the daily newspaper DEN from September 25, 2012, that it had allegedly received materials, from which one could conclude that the company, which represents itself as SCTV is legal.[…]
September 24, 2012 BC called upon all Operators of Public Communication Networks to obey to the Copyright Protection Rules of the UEFA-Champion’s League and UEFA-Europe League
Skopje, September 24, 2012 – The Broadcasting Council informed all operators of public communication networks that they must respect the rights for broadcasting and retransmission of the matches of the UEFA-Champions’ League, UEFA-Europe League and other sports leagues and championships.[…]
September 19, 2012 Representative from TV Plus, which owns the Australian TV Channels BOM and K-15 Music met with BC
Skopje, September 19, 2012 – The TV program services, which are well known to the Macedonian TV audience as Best of Macedonia (BOM) and K-15 Music are illegal and do not correspond to the legally licensed Australian TV channels BOM and K-15 Music, which are broadcast in Australia – this was the message, which the TV Plus representative, John Jeremic conveyed to the President of the Broadcasting Council, M.Sc Zoran Trajchevski.[…]
September 18, 2012 BC received a new letter regarding the owners of BOM and K-15 Music
The Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia informs the public that today (September 18, 2012) it received a letter from the Australian company TV Plus Broadcasting Company PTY Ltd, in which it stated that it had bought the full business of United Broadcasting International (UBI World TV), the channels, users, broadcasting licences, the web pages of UBI, BOM, K-15 music, and all associated trademarks.[…]
September 16, 2012 BC requires that political parties respect its independence as a regulatory body
Skopje, September 16, 2012 – The Broadcasting Council (BC) rejects the accusations of the political party SDSM regarding the retransmission of the Australian television Best of Macedonia (BOM) in the Republic of Macedonia.[…]
September 12, 2012 The BC President met with the Head of the OSCE Mission
Skopje, September 12, 2012 – The preparation of the Strategy for Development of the Broadcasting for the period 2013-2017, implementation of the Law on Broadcasting, especially the provisions on the media ownership and the protection of the author’s and related rights by the operators[…]
September 11, 2012 The Regulatory Authorities from Macedonia and Kosovo exchanged Experiences in the Strategic Development
Skopje, September 11, 2012 – Transferring of experiences and knowledge for preparation of the National Strategy for Development of the Broadcasting in Macedonia, the Plan for Dedication of the digital multiplexes and the digitalization of the broadcasting were in the focus of today’s meeting,[…]