Czech prime minister says media ownership limits should be set

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said that the country should address the issue of media ownership to prevent dominance of the market by one dominant owner. Sobotka said that percentage limits should perhaps be set on market shares. The prime minister was speaking as the general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), a meeting of around 200 bosses of public television and radio stations from around 50 countries, took place in Prague. Sobotka’s comments have been taken as criticism of ANO leader and finance minister Andrej Babiš who owns two of the country’s daily newspapers and its most successful radio station.

Author: Chris Johnstone