Current and future regulatory challenges Sarajevo 2005 Timár János - ORTT

Not to speak about: - the challenges of the digital area - the future of public service - the platform neutral content regulation - the protection of minors - the independence of the regulatory bodies - etc.

To speak about: - regulatory authority or supervisory authority - co-regulation, self-regulation and legal regulation

In Hungary the National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT) by legal point of view is a supervisory authority, not a regulatory authority

The paragraph 41 in the media law enumerates the responsibilities of the commission and there is only one point which speaks about a kind of regulatory functions: (ORTT) „shall prepare positions and proposals in respect of the theoretical issues of the development of the Hungarian broadcasting system...”

ORTT had a general standpoint how to count the coverage area of a concrete cable network. The Constitutional Court cancelled the ORTT general decision, the standpoint how to count, because of the legal security and the system of Hungarian legislation.

From the Hungarian media system is missing the legal possibility of co- regulation. The professional rules and the legal rules are different and there is no passage between them. Regulatory codes are also missing.

contract with the terrestrial broadcasters. Public Service Statutes

The challenge for a Hungarian commissioner is the way to take over from European method, to hand over some rules to self- and co-regulators. If we will not change our system it can happen that some part of the media world, which is ruled by co-regulation in Europe will be unregulated.

parallel regulation on some topics with other laws - requirement of factual, up-to-date, objective information - right for good repute, human dignity

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