Last but not least: Hungarian youth broadcaster fined for "sweet foursome"
A Hungarian television station has violated the protection of minors with a matchmaking show. As a result, the private broadcaster TV2, a subsidiary of the German media group ProSiebenSat.1, must now pay 100 million forints (466,000 francs).
This was decided by the Hungarian media supervisory authority NMHH, as the country's newspapers reported on Friday. With its show "Edes negyes" (Sweet Foursome), the broadcaster had repeatedly violated the youth protection provisions of the applicable media law. The actors in the show - four women vying for the favor of a washed-up pop star - used "vulgar language" and "direct sexual innuendo", the media reports continued. As the show is broadcast during prime time in the evening and is watched by up to 50,000 children and young people, their psychological development could be severely affected. In this context, it is not hard to guess what the Hungarian government thinks of MTV and its evening programs.
A controversial new media law will now be passed in the Hungarian parliament next Monday, which provides for a maximum individual fine of 932,000 Swiss francs for television broadcasters who violate regulations. In addition, unlike under the current media law, in future print and online media can also be fined up to 116,000 Swiss francs by the NMHH supervisory authority.
A controversial new media law will now be passed in the Hungarian parliament next Monday, which provides for a maximum individual fine of 932,000 Swiss francs for television broadcasters who violate regulations. In addition, unlike under the current media law, in future print and online media can also be fined up to 116,000 Swiss francs by the NMHH supervisory authority.
