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President Aleksandar Vui said that as far as he is personally concerned, that decision is "scandalous".
"I think I understand why they're doing it. They're doing it to kick out Prva, then B92. I think they want to kick out Happy, too. I don't know which broadcasters will remain on air on that cable channel. They're doing it to artificially boost Nova S and N1's ratings.

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On Nov. 14, 1922, the clipped tones of the BBC's director of programs, Arthur Burrows, crackled across the airwaves."This is 2LO, Marconi House, London calling," he announced, and with that, public service broadcasting in Britain was born.

John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator of the U.S. National Security Council says the Russians have faced a number of problems in Ukraine to which they themselves largely contributed.

Ljubljana – The Slovenian PEN Centre has warned of what it sees as unacceptable and harmful actions of the current management of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija and its Programme Council. The PEN Centre believes the two bodies are not working to the benefit of the public but following instructions from the biggest opposition party.

This summer has been a breakthrough for streaming, with the time viewers spent watching services like Netflix and Hulu outpacing broadcast and cable television networks in July for the first month ever.

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Robert Golob has indicated that Dragan Barbutovski is being replaced as director of the Government Communication Office because he lacks organisational and managerial skills to run an office that the government would want to get help from in the war on hate speech.

Ljubljana – The government appointed journalist Petra Bezjak Cirman acting director of the Government Communications Office (UKOM) at a correspondence session on Thursday. A public call for applications for a full-fledged boss will be issued in two months, Prime Minister Rober Golob has said.

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Robert Golob has proposed that TV Slovenija journalist Petra Bezjak Cirman be appointed the new head of the government Communications Office (UKOM). Earlier on Wednesday, the prime minister’s office confirmed for the STA that Dragan Barbutovski was leaving the post after just over two months on the job.

Ljubljana – Uroš Urbanija, who served as the head of the Government Communication Office (UKOM) under the previous government, will be appointed director of TV Slovenija by RTV Slovenija general director Andrej Grah Whatmough on Monday, RTV Slovenija said in a press release on Friday.