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| Type | Terrestrialradio andtelevision |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Headquarters | Slovak Television Building, Slovak Radio Building,Bratislava |
| Owner | Government of Slovakia |
Launch date | 1 January 2011; 14 years ago (2011-01-01)[1] |
| Dissolved | 1 July 2024; 16 months ago (2024-07-01) |
| Affiliation | European Broadcasting Union |
Official website | rtvs.sk |
| Replaced | Slovenská televízia (STV) Slovenský rozhlas (SRo) |
| Replaced by | Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) |
Radio and Television of Slovakia (Slovak:Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska[ˈrɔzɦlasaˈteleʋiːzɪɐˈslɔʋenska]), orRTVS, was a nationwidepublic broadcasting,state-funded organisation inSlovakia.
The organisation was created in 2011 following amerger ofSlovenská televízia (Slovak Television) withSlovenský rozhlas (Slovak Radio).[1] It was headquartered inBratislava.[2][3]
Like its two predecessor organisations -Slovenská televízia (STV) andSlovenský rozhlas (SRo), RTVS was a member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) transformed intoSlovak Television and Radio (STVR) on 1 July 2024.
Funding for the RTVS was obtained through advertising and government payments.
There was also monthlylicence fee levied on most individuals registered with electricity retailers and most businesses containing three or more employees.[4][5] The TV licence fee inSlovakia was €4.64 per month (€55.68 per year).[6] The license fee was abolished from 1 July 2023.[7]
There were 9 national radio stations in 2024:
| Station | Programming |
|---|---|
| Rádio Slovensko [sk] | National generalist station; news, entertainment and live broadcasts with pop music |
| Rádio FM | Targeted at young people, broadcasting mostly alternative and non-mainstream music, entertainment and news bulletins |
| Rádio Devín [sk] | Classical music and culture |
| Rádio Regina [sk] | Three regional radios based inBratislava,Banská Bystrica, andKošice |
| Rádio Patria [sk] | (in Hungarian:Pátria Rádió) Broadcasts from 06:00 until 18:00 in theHungarian language as a service for Slovakia's largest ethnic minority group living predominantly in the southern districts borderingHungary. There are some programmes inUkrainian,Ruthenian,German,Polish andCzech, but they are transmitted on Radio Regina. |
| Radio Slovakia International | Broadcasts in six languages:German,Spanish,Slovak,French,English andRussian. |
| Rádio Pyramída [sk] | Classical music (replacedRádio Klasika [sk] in 2016) |
| Rádio Junior [sk] | For children up to the age of 10 |
| Rádio Litera [sk] | Radio, stage drama and literary profiles |
There were four national television channels in 2024:
The General Director was elected by theNational Council of the Slovak Republic.
During the term of the General Director Václav Mika (2012–2017), the content and graphics of the news have changed significantly. The title also included the RTVS brand titledSprávy RTVS. The news broadcasting programmes were initially struggling with very low audience on 18 December 2012 with only 7.8% share.[12]
Over time, the audience began to grow, and RTVS news has started to appear as the most objective news in TV in public opinion surveys, with exceptions lasting by now.[13] However, after the election of Jaroslav Reznik as General Director in 2017, who was nominated bySNS party, which was in government, the situation in the newsroom has changed. A new head of the news section has been appointed, under whose leadership, according to most of the journalists, the content of the news was being manipulated. The tense atmosphere led to the departure of a dozen journalists in 2018.[14] More and more space in the news was reserved to theSNS party officials, including journeys of Andrej Danko, the party leader, serving till 2020 as Speaker of the parliament, to Russia. The topic of his plagiarism in rigorous work was also not addressed in the main part of the news.[15]
After the parliamentary elections in 2020 and the new government appointed, news too favorable towards the governmental or oppositional parties seem to not appearing anymore, nonetheless some of the content was still manipulated.[16]
In 2024, RTVS news has been the most objective TV news in Slovakia in public opinion surveys.[17]
In April 2024, theSlovak government approved the Television and Radio Act proposed by prime ministerRobert Fico and minister of cultureMartina Šimkovičová over alleged partiality of the broadcaster. The move has been criticised by then-president of SlovakiaZuzana Čaputová, Slovakia's opposition and the EBU's director generalNoel Curran as potentially undermining the independence of public broadcasting in the country.[18]
The bill was passed on 20 June 2024 by theParliament of Slovakia. As such, RTVS was closed by 1 July 2024 and replaced by a new broadcaster,Slovak Television and Radio (STVR). The legislation was passed by 78 out of 78 present lawmakers, with the opposition not taking part in the vote.[19]
| RTVS closure and establishment of STVR Martina Šimkovičová (SNS) | ||
| Ballot → | 20 June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 40 out of 78(simple) Y | |
78 / 150 | ||
| No | 0 / 150 | |
| Abstentions | 0 / 150 | |
72 / 150 | ||
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