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Published: 18 January 2010

National Co-ordinator Alexander Kumanov

Bulgaria
BNT

Alexander Kumanov

tel:+359 2 8142566

Bulgarian National television - BNT
website: www.bnt.bg

Bulgarian National Television is the public broadcaster, funded through government funding and commercial revenue. BNT has four regional office centres in the towns of Blagoevgrad, Varna, Plovdiv and Rousse. BNT has 4 TV channels – BNT1, BNT2, BNT3 and BNT4.

Bulgarian National Television has remained a leader in terms of trust built in state institutions. According to sociologists a reported 75% of the Bulgarians approve of and trust this national media. The reason – BNT is a public operator of unquestionable value.

Ever since it was established in 1959 till date, having never stopped informing, enlightening and entertaining its audience, this television experienced together with the Bulgarian society a complicated, interesting and ambiguous evolution in time. In the course of thirty years it was the only TV broadcaster in Bulgaria, and following the democratic changes it began to operate in conditions of a market oriented economy, competing with almost 200 private TV operators. And despite the brisk advent of reality shows, which are currently the main magnet for TV audiences and high rating propeller for the private TV operators, BNT is ranked No 3 in terms of number of viewers and share of the market. In fact, it strengthened its position as a kind of guarantor and pledge for observing the principles and interests of civil society in the spirit of the best European practices.

BNT operates in compliance with the Law on Radio and Television, adopted by the Bulgarian Parliament in 1998. It is directly supervised by an independent regulatory body – the Council for Electronic Media, which elects its director general and board of directors, their mandate being three years. BNT gets its financing mainly from the state budget, and this issue remains one of the unresolved ones contradicting the television’s public character. The television has limited rights to broadcast commercials – not more than 15 minutes within 24 hours and not more than 5 minutes in the prime time.

BNT 1 is the first national public television in Bulgaria for general audience. It broadcasts news and current affairs, documentaries and entertainment programmes in line with its public service mission defined in the Radio and Television Act. BNT 1 broadcasts 24/7. The signal fully covers the territory of Bulgaria. The channel is a veritable up-to-date information network.

BNT 1 attains a unique asset – a Golden Fund of national memory for the past 64 years which can be viewed and heard. One of the urgent tasks before the media is its digitalization, which has already begun successfully.

BNT 2 is a channel focused on culture and education. It is also a platform that gets together the four regional TV centres of Plovdiv, Varna, Rousse and Blagoevgrad into one joint national network.

BNT 3 is the sports channel of the national public service media. It produces and airs original sports programmes and broadcasts international and national sports events as well.

BNT 4 is satellite TV channel intended mainly for Bulgarians living abroad.

BNT has an Internet portal https://bnt.bg/. There is also the news-dedicated website https://bntnews.bg/ and a free mobile app BNTNews. With its user-friendly interface, the BNT News app is a 24/7 source for breaking news, original stories, analysis, and live reporting from hotspots in Bulgaria and all around the world. The app is available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. It includes option the texts to be read by AI software for audience who prefer to listen to them.

During the last three years BNT stepped into the realm of podcast and videocast gradually introducing thematic series presented by prominent BNT journalists.

During the past several years BNT programs won prestigious awards at Prix CIRCOM Regional, Prix Danube Festival (Slovakia), the Golden Vityaz (Russia), Prix Nike (Portugal), Prix Jeunesse (Germany), Golden Albena (Bulgaria), Bar (Montenegro), Golden Cairo Film Festival (Egypt), Golden Rose (Switzerland), etc. BNT also regularly participates with own programs in numerous international festivals such as Japan Prize, Monte Carlo International TV Festival, Thessaloniki International Festival for TV Documentaries, International TV Festival for short-feature films in Oberheim (Germany), the International Documentary TV Festival in Krakow (Poland), the FIAT International Festival for archive materials, The Golden Prague International Festival, PRIX Italia, etc.

BNT is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union. It is also a member of the following international organizations: CIRCOM Regional, EGTA, IMZ, FIAT and BBLF.

Mr Emil Koshlukov, Director General
Mrs Margarita Nikolova, Director of Economic directorate
Mrs Mariela Dragolova, Director of News and Current Affairs
Mrs Valya Gizdarska, Director of Program Content
Mr Orlin Djelepov, Director of Commercial and Communications
Mr Alexander Kumanov, Head of International Communications

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National Co-ordinator Marcel Nevín
Manager of the Centre of dramaturgy TSO (Television studio Ostrava)

Czech Republic
ČT

Marcel Nevín

Česka televize Ostrava
Dvořákova 18, 728 20 Ostrava
tel:  +420 596 201 228

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National Co-ordinator Gordana Škaljac Narančić

Croatia 
HRT

Gordana Škaljac Narančić

tel: +385 1 634 2434
mob: +385 99 634 7260 

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija - HRT
Address: Prisavlje 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 616 36 91
Fax: +385 1 616 36 92
Website: www.hrt.hr

Public television service in Croatia is operated by HRT - Hrvatska radiotelevizija - Croatian Radio Television, which operates on three platforms: television (HTV), radio (HR) and online (www.hrt.hr).

HRT is based in Zagreb and has eight regional broadcasting centres in Osijek, Čakovec and Varaždin, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Knin and Šibenik, Split and Dubrovnik. There are also video journalists in Vukovar, Požega, Virovitica, Koprivnica, Slavonski Brod, Bjelovar, Krapina, Sisak, Karlovac, Gospić and Metković.

HRT has been a broadcasting television since 1956, whilst radio is on air since 1926.

Croatia has 4,3 million inhabitants, 1,3 million TV subscribers and 1,4 radio subscribers.

HRT is a legal person who has the status of a public institution. The founder of HRT is the Government of the Republic of Croatia. Croatian Radio Television is independent of any political influence and commercial interest.

The HRT programmes are mostly financed by the monthly fee which is defined by the Parliament and it is 1,5% of the monthly salary in Croatia.

HRT is a nation-wide network with all round programmes produced in-house itself, or about 60%. The rest is outsourced or a foreign production.

HRT provides programmes for 5 TV and 12 radio channels - 3 national, 1 international and 8 regional radio channels. Apart from television, radio and internet portal, HRT has a Symphony Orchestra, a Jazz Orchestra, a Tamburitza Orchestra and Choir. HRT employs altogether around 3000 people. HTV1 and HTV2 are general channels, HTV3 is a culture specialized channel and HTV4 is a news channel. All programmes are in Croatian language, the foreign ones are mostly subtitled and just sometimes dubbed. From the January 1st of 2018 HRT has HTV5, the specialized channel for Croatians in foreign countries and for the international public. Satellite signal is available in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. It broadcasts a selection of the content of four HRT national television channels and selection from the archival material.

From 2015, all programming features produced by HRT are available to users at any time with no extra charge on the HRTi multimedia service.

The main bodies of HRT are: the General Manager, the Management of HRT, the Supervisory Board and the Programme Council.

The General Manager of Croatian Radio Television is appointed by the Croatian Parliament for a term of five years.

The Management of HRT consists of the General Manager and the heads of the units of the Croatian Radio Television - the Programme, the Production, the Technology and the Business Director.

The Supervisory Board consists of five members, four of which are appointed by the Parliament and one is directly elected by the employees of HRT. Their mandate lasts for a span of four years.

The Programme Council has eleven members. Nine of them are determined by the Parliament (Committee on Information, Computerisation and the Media), chosen among prominent people from scientific, cultural and other institutions as well as from civil-society organisations. Two members are directly elected by HRT employees. Programme Council members have a four years mandate, but half of them leave after two years.

The work of the Council is public and their main duties are to represent and protect the public's interest by conducting program oversight and improving the radio and audiovisual program.

The HRT Council names an HRT Commissioner responsible for complaints and suggestions from viewers, listeners and other HRT users.

HRT is a member of the EBU and has an active role in many international television and radio organizations and associations.

HRT CENTRES

Region - Slavonia (Eastern Croatia)
HRT Center Osijek
Adress: Šamačka 13, 31000 Osijek
Phone: +385 31 225 560
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Region - Northern Croatia
HRT Center Čakovec and Varaždin
Adress: Bana J. Jelačića 22c, 40000 Čakovec
Phone: +385 1 634 4690
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Region - Kvarner & Primorje
HRT Center Rijeka
Adress: Korzo 24, 51000 Rijeka
Phone: +385 51 657 777
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Region - Istria
HRT Center Pula
Adress: Dalmatinova 4, 52100 Pula
Phone: +385 52 377 876
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Region - Northern Dalmatia
HRT Center Zadar
Adress: 112. Brigade 5/II, 23000 Zadar
Phone: +385 23 205 700
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Region - Middle Dalmatia
HRT Center Knin and Šibenik
Adress: Trg palih branitelja Domovinskog rata 1, 22000 Šibenik
Phone: +385 22 445 344
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Region - Central Dalmatia
HRT Center Split
Adress: Mažuranićevo šetalište 24a, 21000 Split
Phone: +385 21 366 666
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Region - Southern Dalmatia
HRT Center Dubrovnik
Adress: Vukovarska 19, 20000 Dubrovnik
Phone: + 385 20 325 100
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National Co-ordinator Camilla Kjems

Denmark
TV2 Bornholm

Camilla Kjems

tel: +45 56 93 42 00
Brovangen 1, DK-3720 Aakirkeby

TV2 in Denmark is a system or a family of TV stations: one national (TV2 Denmark) and eight regional ones.
The regional stations are independent – both to the national station and to eachother. Each of them has its own Board of Directors and management. There is also a council of 50 - 100 people representing a wide range of different organisations in each region.
Every four years the Council elects the Board of Directors. Apart from that the role of the Council is to comment on programs and to give inspiration and good ideas. It meets twice a year.

• Region: Southern Jutland

Station TV Syd
Address: Media Park 1
DK-6000 Kolding
Tel : + 45 76 30 31 32
Fax: + 45 76 30 31 99
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Web: www.tvsyd.dk

Managing director: Betina Bendix
Media Park 1
DK - 6000 Kolding Denmark
Direct: ++4576303100
Mobile : ++4540283035

TV Syd (TV South) is one of the eight regional TV stations in the Danish TV2 system, which is one of Denmark 's two nationwide channels. The TV Syd region consists of the southern part of Jutland and in addition, TV Syd has programming commitments in South Schleswig (northern Germany , just south of the German-Danish border), where a Danish-speaking minority lives. The population of the region is about one million. Daily transmission times in the region are at present 10.50 am – 12.30 pm, newsbreaks 4.05 pm and 6.15 pm, 7.30 - 8.00 pm, and 10.20pm. Normally TV SYD is viewed by 25% of the one million people in the area. Share-of-viewing is about 50%

History: TV Syd went on air in 1983 as an experiment under the auspices of the Danish Broadcasting Company Denmark Radio (TV1) and in 1987 was approved as the first and only regional TV station in the TV 2 system.
Programme profile: TV Syd is not primarily concerned with broadcasting the daily news. This is done in the awareness that the region is well-supplied with news media such as the daily press, regional radio and local radio. TV Syd sees itself primarily as a culture-disseminating and culture-creating institution. Nine years of experimenting with regional TV in South Jutland form the basis of programming philosophy where the main emphasis is on describing the daily lives of individuals. The reality that is typical of daily life in the Danish Parliament, in the local council chambers and the boardrooms of companies is different from everyday reality of individuals. Issues of business and political life are usually presented from the angle of individuals. TV Syd primarily broadcasts to the viewers of the region, but also supplies programs to TV 2's nationwide range of broadcasts.

Organizations: The basis of TV Syd is formed by the TV Syd Support Association (19.000 members) who appoint, along with a number of grass-roots and business organisations and others, the one-hundred-members TV Syd Committee. The committee elects the Board of Trustees for the TV Syd Trust Fund, which has established the production company A/S TV Syd.

Financing: TV SYD is financed mainly by license fee.

Staffing: TV SYD employs a staff of about 70 people.

Equipment: TV SYD's production equipment consists at present of one TV studio, six digital editing rooms plus one media composer, one SNG truck and a fleet of modern ENG-units. We do too have fiber channel video input possibilities across the region. Brands are AVID and DVC-Pro.

• Region: Capital

Station TV2 Kosmopol

Managing director Morten Kjær Petersen
Allegade 7-9 - DK-2000 Frederiksberg Denmark
Phone: ++45 38385555
Fax: ++45 38883111

TV2 Kosmopol is one of the 8 regional TV stations in Denmark. We broadcast to the population of Greater Copenhagen, i.e. 2.0 million inhabitants or a third of Denmark's population.
We broadcast regional news in slots at the national network TV2/Denmark.
Furthermore we broadcast several hours a day on our own HD channel.

We are completely financed by license fee and a few sponsorships, but are obliged to carry commercials in our programmes. The money from those commercials goes to the commercially financed, state-owned national network TV2/Danmark.

• Region - Fyn (Funen)

Station TV2 FYN
Address: 0lfert FischersVej 31 5220 Odense SO Denmark
Town/City: Odense
Tel. +45 63 15 60 00
Fax. +45 63 15 60 60
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Managing director Esben Seerup
0lfert FischersVej 31 5220 Odense SO Denmark
Phone: ++45 63156000 Fax: ++45 63156060
Direkte: 63156061 - hjemme 65920083 - mobll: 20161848

One out of 8 regional TV stations within the Danish TV2 system.
The main programme is being broadcasted 7 days a week between 19:30 and 20:00. Furthermore TV 2/FYN is broadcasting longer and shorter programmes on weekdays at the hours 11.00, 12.10, 16.05, 18.10 and 22.20.

Since november 2009 TV 2/FYN has broadcasted on a new digital channel a one-hour programme every night at 20.00. In total the station is broadcasting app. 900 hours of television every year.

On the web-site www.tv2fyn.dk you find daily news, video, links, programme information and debate.

The region covered by TV 2/FYN includes one major city, Odense , it covers housing 40% of the region's inhabitants. Otherwise, small towns and a rural area. The region is characterised by a great number of islands, out of which 21 are inhabited. - 8% of the viewers live on smaller islands. As an average of 19 % of the viewers are watching the programmes daily, the viewing share amounts to 51 % (2009).

Financed through licence fee. The station has a staff of 70 , broadcasting to 484.000 inhabitants.

• Region - North Jutland

Station TV2 Nord
Address Soparken 4, DK-9440 Aabybro
Town/City Aabybro
Tel +45 96 96 96 96
Fax +45 96 96 96 79
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Managing director: Mikael Justesen
Soparken 4 - DK 9440 Aabybro, Denmark
Phone: ++ 45 96969696 Fax: ++45 96969679
Mobile: ++45 22155356

TV2/Nord is based in the northern part of Denmark. North Jutland has a population of about half a million.
The station has operated  since April 1st, 1989, and employs a staff about 70 people.
TV2/Nord is a public service station and is financed mainly by license fee and sponsorships.
Transmissions Monday-Friday: 11.00 – 12.00 (Features), 12.10-12.30 (News), 16.10 (News), 18.10 (News), 19.30-20.00 (News and Features), Monday-Thursday 22.20 (News).
Transmissions Saturday: 18.10 (News), 19.30-19.45 (News and Features).
Transmissions Sunday: 18.10 (News), 19.30-20.00 (News and Features).
Since November 1st, 2009, TV2/Nord PLUS has transmitted one hour in the evening (20.00 - 21.00), seven days a week, at a new channel meant for local/regional TV. The programmes are features, talkshows, „news you can use“ like food programmes, decorating programmes etc.
The nightly programme at TV2/Nord 19.30-20.00 has an average rating of 20% and a share of viewing of 54%.

• Region - Bornholm

Station TV2 Bornholm
Address Brovangen 1, DK - 3720 Aakirkeby
Town/City Aakirkeby
Tel. +45 56 93 42 00
Fax + 45 56 93 42 02
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Managing director Jan Joergensen
Brovangen 1 - DK 3720 Aakirkeby Denmark
Phone: ++ 45 56934200 Fax: ++ 45 56914205

The station is situated in an agricultural / maritime area. Transmitting daily 11.00 – 11.55 am, 12.10 -12.30 p.m., 16.10 p.m., 6.10 p.m., 7.30 - 8.00 p.m. , 10.15 -10.20 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays only 6.10 p.m. and 7.30 - 8.00 p.m. News and feature programmes mainly. Viewing population about 50%. The station is financed by licence fee. TV2 Bornholm is part of the region system of TV 2 Denmark.

• Region - Eastern Jutland

Station TV 2/OESTJYLLAND
Address: Skejbyparken 1
DK-8200 Aarhus N
Tel. + 45 87 42 42 42
Fax + 45 87 42 42 87
www.tv2oj.dk

Managing director: Inga Vind
Mobile : +45 21 21 20 28

TV 2 | OESTJYLLAND (East Jutland) started broadcasting 1st April 1990 and is now transmitting regional news-bulletins five times daily – 12.10, 16.05, 18.05, 19.30 and 22.20 to 600.000 inhabitants in Eastern Jutland, i.e. the second largest town, Aarhus, and the surrounding area. Moreover we produce 1hrs daily magazine-programmes.

TV 2 | OESTJUTLAND DocumentaryGroup produces documentaries for use on a regional or national scale. Several of these have been award-winning – in 2005 “Insanely Dangerous” won the “Prix Circom”.

• Region - Vestsjaellands & Storstroem's Counties

Station TV2 Ost
Address Kildemarksvej 7
DK-4760 Vordingborg,
Denmark
Town/City Vordingborg
Tel. +45 55 34 02 00
Fax +45 55 34 02 90
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Managing director Vagn Petersen
Kildemarksvej 7 4760 Vordingborg Denmark
Phone: ++ 45 55365656 fax: ++ 45 55365695
Direkte: 55365660 - hjemme 55395439 Mobil: 40165475

TV2 East is part of the Danish TV2 system. The main station of TV2 is placed in Odense which produces national programmes. 8 independent regional stations, which produce half an hour programme per day (except Saturday). Types of programmes produced are news, regional talk-shows and documentaries. Transmission hours are Monday to Friday & Sunday 7.30 - 8.00p.m. Viewing figures are 20 - 35% depending on the season. Share of the audience is 65 - 75%. The station is financed from advertising (3/4) and licence fee (1/4). The station has a staff of 42 and is broadcasting to 520,000 inhabitants with 285,000 TV sets. The area is both rural and urban with an audience of typical provincial Danes.

• Region - Midt-Vest Jutland

Station TV/Midt-Vest
Address Soevej 2, DK -7500 Holstebro
Town/City Holstebro
Tel. +45 97 40 33 00
Fax. +45 97 40 14 44
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Managing director Lone Sunesen
Sovej 2 DK 7500 Holstebro Denmark
Phone: 96121212 Fax: ++4596121213
96121212 direkte: 96121299
Mobil: 29691299

TV/Midt-Vest is based in the Midwest of Jutland. The area has a population of 500,000 people. TV/Midt-Vest transmits seven daily programs Monday-Friday and two Saturday-Sunday. TV/Midt-Vest is produces news, features, documentaries and other other programs for TV 2/DENMARK. Furthermore TV/MIDT-VEST produces and transmits sports events from all over the country for TV2, The Danish Broadcasting Corporation and foreign TV-stations. TV/MIDT-VEST has its own training department by the name of NovaMedia.