314 result(s) for state tv
Refugees Coming From Hungary Segregated On Trains
- 10 Sep 2015 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of refugees crossed into Austria on foot throughout the day yesterday, having been forced off Vienna-bound trains at nearby Hegyeshalom. Magyar Idõk writes that “immigrants boarded trains for Austria at Keleti station by the hundreds, leaving barely any space for ordinary travellers”.
Migrants Denied Access To Budapest Keleti Train Station
- 2 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police blocked access to Keleti train station on Tuesday in a complete reversal of Monday’s scenes in which trains overloaded with refugees were permitted to leave for Austria. The station was closed to all passengers until after 10 a.m., when police allowed ticket-holders to enter the station through a side door, reportedly based on whether they looked like refugees. Refugees who had valid ...
Vajna May Buy Hungary's TV2 This Year
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Government film commissioner Andy Vajna may purchase television channel TV2 in a matter of weeks or months, Népszabadság reports. Current owners Zsolt Simon and Yvonne Dederick do not appear to have funds to pay the estimated Ft 5 billion purchase price to ProSiebenSat 1, the German company from which they bought TV2 at the end of 2013, the newspaper adds.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Effort To Lure Émigrés Back Begins In Hungary
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 800 émigré Hungarians have registered for the programme recently launched by the government to encourage them to return home and work here, labour affairs state secretary Sándor Czomba told various TV channels yesterday. No actual contracts have yet been signed, he added. Participating companies have offered 400 vacancies, mostly for graduates with fluent English skills.
Hungary's M1 Newscast Losing Viewers
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
The number of viewers of the nightly news programme “Híradó” aired on M1 at 7.30 p.m. has dropped from 332,000 when M1 became an all-news channel on March 15 to 151,000 among adults, Népszabadság reports. Ratings for the state-run TV news had been gradually dropping in recent years, but even in February and early March over 300,000 people watched the nightly news.
PM Orbán: “Our Community Does Not Want To See Immigrants In Hungary”
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the issue of immigration, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán told commercial Echo TV in an interview on Friday night that in terms of per capita immigrant numbers Hungary was second only to Sweden in Europe. As long as immigrants can continue their way to the west, they will not stay in Hungary but as soon as the Austrians, Germans and others decide not to let them in, they will be stuck in ...
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Vodafone Withdraws Ads From Hungarian TV2
- 30 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
Vodafone Magyarország has announced that it is suspending advertisements on TV2 until the commercial broadcaster discloses the results of its internal investigation into the broadcast last Friday of an apparent rape on the reality show “Éden Hotel”.
Refugees Coming From Hungary Segregated On Trains
- 10 Sep 2015 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of refugees crossed into Austria on foot throughout the day yesterday, having been forced off Vienna-bound trains at nearby Hegyeshalom. Magyar Idõk writes that “immigrants boarded trains for Austria at Keleti station by the hundreds, leaving barely any space for ordinary travellers”.
Migrants Denied Access To Budapest Keleti Train Station
- 2 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police blocked access to Keleti train station on Tuesday in a complete reversal of Monday’s scenes in which trains overloaded with refugees were permitted to leave for Austria. The station was closed to all passengers until after 10 a.m., when police allowed ticket-holders to enter the station through a side door, reportedly based on whether they looked like refugees. Refugees who had valid ...
Vajna May Buy Hungary's TV2 This Year
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Government film commissioner Andy Vajna may purchase television channel TV2 in a matter of weeks or months, Népszabadság reports. Current owners Zsolt Simon and Yvonne Dederick do not appear to have funds to pay the estimated Ft 5 billion purchase price to ProSiebenSat 1, the German company from which they bought TV2 at the end of 2013, the newspaper adds.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Effort To Lure Émigrés Back Begins In Hungary
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 800 émigré Hungarians have registered for the programme recently launched by the government to encourage them to return home and work here, labour affairs state secretary Sándor Czomba told various TV channels yesterday. No actual contracts have yet been signed, he added. Participating companies have offered 400 vacancies, mostly for graduates with fluent English skills.
Hungary's M1 Newscast Losing Viewers
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
The number of viewers of the nightly news programme “Híradó” aired on M1 at 7.30 p.m. has dropped from 332,000 when M1 became an all-news channel on March 15 to 151,000 among adults, Népszabadság reports. Ratings for the state-run TV news had been gradually dropping in recent years, but even in February and early March over 300,000 people watched the nightly news.
PM Orbán: “Our Community Does Not Want To See Immigrants In Hungary”
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the issue of immigration, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán told commercial Echo TV in an interview on Friday night that in terms of per capita immigrant numbers Hungary was second only to Sweden in Europe. As long as immigrants can continue their way to the west, they will not stay in Hungary but as soon as the Austrians, Germans and others decide not to let them in, they will be stuck in ...
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Vodafone Withdraws Ads From Hungarian TV2
- 30 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
Vodafone Magyarország has announced that it is suspending advertisements on TV2 until the commercial broadcaster discloses the results of its internal investigation into the broadcast last Friday of an apparent rape on the reality show “Éden Hotel”.