ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - The Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) +director's office regrets a misunderstanding between the Social +Democratic Party's (SDP) advertising agency and the HRT marketing, +due to which an SDP's promotional video
on the occasion of Human +Rights Day was not aired, HRT PR Kresimir Macan said on Friday.+ SDP Vice President Davorko Vidovic harshly protested at a press +conference held on Friday because the SDP video was not aired at the +requested time, ahead of the Croatia-Olimpiakos soccer match on +December 9 1998, and ahead of prime time news on December 10. + Vidovic stressed the airing time was arranged previously by their +advertising agency and the HRT marketing.+ The HRT was not able to comply with the SDP proposal, because the +requested airing time had been taken in advance. Instead, the HRT +proposed another airing time, and two additional broadcasts which +were to t
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - The Croatian Radio-Television (HRT)
director's office regrets a misunderstanding between the Social
Democratic Party's (SDP) advertising agency and the HRT marketing,
due to which an SDP's promotional video on the occasion of Human
Rights Day was not aired, HRT PR Kresimir Macan said on Friday.
SDP Vice President Davorko Vidovic harshly protested at a press
conference held on Friday because the SDP video was not aired at the
requested time, ahead of the Croatia-Olimpiakos soccer match on
December 9 1998, and ahead of prime time news on December 10.
Vidovic stressed the airing time was arranged previously by their
advertising agency and the HRT marketing.
The HRT was not able to comply with the SDP proposal, because the
requested airing time had been taken in advance. Instead, the HRT
proposed another airing time, and two additional broadcasts which
were to take place on December 10.
The SDP advertising agency did not accept the proposal, and the
video was not aired at all, Macan said.
The HRT director's office cannot accept Vidovic's statement that
the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) had to pay the HRT for
this week's prime time airing of HDZ President Franjo Tudjman's
entire speech.
Given that the Tudjman speech was an event of interest to the
domestic and international public, it was HRT's duty to adequately
inform the public, Macan stressed.
HRT's PR said that in the future, the HRT would continue to report on
the activities of Croatian political parties in adequate manner and
in keeping with public interest.
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