RTS asks for money for parliament broadcasts

RTS Director Aleksandar Tijanić called on parliament to help with the expenses of broadcasting parliamentary meetings until a separate channel is created.

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Monday, 09.02.2009.

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RTS Director Aleksandar Tijanic called on parliament to help with the expenses of broadcasting parliamentary meetings until a separate channel is created. The parliamentary working group set up to discuss the issue of broadcasting sessions met for the first time in Belgrade on Monday. RTS asks for money for parliament broadcasts Tijanic said that RTS will continue to broadcast the parliamentary sessions until the parliamentary channel is created, which Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolic expects will take place in the fall. Tijanic said that the parliament should help pay the expenses of the broadcast, adding that the meetings will serve to discuss the duration of the work and broadcasts, and that the issue needs a permanent solution. He said that the costs that the parliament should help pay are for expenses such as electricity, personnel and equipment. Earlier, Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic said that problem would be solved once the parliament gets its own channel. “Indeed, that is the best possibility for more citizens to participate in [parliament's] public work,” she said. “Until then we have an agreement with RTS for things to unwind essentially as they have until now—that most sessions will be transmitted, though broadcasts will sometimes be postponed, when RTS believes it is in the interests of the public, those who pay subscription fees, for example when they are more interested in some sports match than parliament,” added Djukic-Dejanovic. A disagreement about television broadcasts came during the last parliamentary session, when RTS informed MPs, due to broadcasting sports events, it would not be able to broadcast the entire session. MPs, however, did not accept postponed broadcasts, so the session was interrupted several times. As a solution, state broadcaster RTS proposed introducing parliament’s own channel, which would follow its work and carry parliamentary sessions 24 hours a day. According to this proposal, RTS would offer technical support for establishing the station, while the parliament would pay all expenses. The working group, along with public broadcast representatives, includes parliamentary parties; only the opposition party refused to participate in its work. The working group meets in Belgrade (Beta)

RTS asks for money for parliament broadcasts

Tijanić said that RTS will continue to broadcast the parliamentary sessions until the parliamentary channel is created, which Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić expects will take place in the fall.

Tijanić said that the parliament should help pay the expenses of the broadcast, adding that the meetings will serve to discuss the duration of the work and broadcasts, and that the issue needs a permanent solution.

He said that the costs that the parliament should help pay are for expenses such as electricity, personnel and equipment.

Earlier, Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović said that problem would be solved once the parliament gets its own channel.

“Indeed, that is the best possibility for more citizens to participate in [parliament's] public work,” she said.

“Until then we have an agreement with RTS for things to unwind essentially as they have until now—that most sessions will be transmitted, though broadcasts will sometimes be postponed, when RTS believes it is in the interests of the public, those who pay subscription fees, for example when they are more interested in some sports match than parliament,” added Đukić-Dejanović.

A disagreement about television broadcasts came during the last parliamentary session, when RTS informed MPs, due to broadcasting sports events, it would not be able to broadcast the entire session.

MPs, however, did not accept postponed broadcasts, so the session was interrupted several times.

As a solution, state broadcaster RTS proposed introducing parliament’s own channel, which would follow its work and carry parliamentary sessions 24 hours a day.

According to this proposal, RTS would offer technical support for establishing the station, while the parliament would pay all expenses.

The working group, along with public broadcast representatives, includes parliamentary parties; only the opposition party refused to participate in its work.

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