MOSTAR, Nov 16 (Hina) - The head of the Independent Media Commission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (IMC) department for issuing operation licences, Dieter Loraine, warned on Tuesday the IMC would take new steps against the Mostar TV station
Erotel should it continue broadcasting its programme. In case this happens, the IMC will contact the Stabilisation Force (SFOR), Loraine said at a course on the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina, held in Mostar. The IMC last night banned Erotel from broadcasting its programme because the station did not accept a temporary six-month operation licence, which allows it to use 11 of 46 transmitters it is currently using. Erotel continued broadcasting its programme following last night's ban. Loraine urged the Erotel management to sign conditions for the six-month temporary operation licence, which the station had been offered last week. According to Loraine, the IMC was forced to
MOSTAR, Nov 16 (Hina) - The head of the Independent Media Commission
in Bosnia-Herzegovina (IMC) department for issuing operation
licences, Dieter Loraine, warned on Tuesday the IMC would take new
steps against the Mostar TV station Erotel should it continue
broadcasting its programme. In case this happens, the IMC will
contact the Stabilisation Force (SFOR), Loraine said at a course on
the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina, held in Mostar.
The IMC last night banned Erotel from broadcasting its programme
because the station did not accept a temporary six-month operation
licence, which allows it to use 11 of 46 transmitters it is
currently using. Erotel continued broadcasting its programme
following last night's ban.
Loraine urged the Erotel management to sign conditions for the six-
month temporary operation licence, which the station had been
offered last week. According to Loraine, the IMC was forced to ban
Erotel from broadcasting because it did not receive any answer from
the station regarding the conditions on temporary operation.
Instead of notifying the IMC, Erotel sent a letter to the Office of
the High Representative, which is not in charge of the media,
Loraine said.
The procedure of issuing long-term operation licences will soon be
stricter because most of the 272 radio and television stations in
the country do not meet western European standards, Loraine said
warning that public radio and TV stations would have to pay
frequency licences, as well as appoint multiethnic managing boards
and enable transparent financing.
Loraine said he believed those measures would change the media
picture in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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