Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) (') is a Hungarian fund company owned and financed by the Hungarian state, through the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (, NMHH). MTVA was established on 1 January 2011, and from July 2015 the company's main task has been to finance and operate

Duna Média Duna Media Service Provider (), also known as Duna Média, is Hungary's only Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster for radio, television and new media. The company was established in July 2015, and operates six Television chann ...

, Hungary's state public company. It is an active member of the

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(EBU). A 2019 report by the

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stated that news coverage of the Hungarian public broadcaster is not balanced, opposition politicians' viewpoints are nearly absent from the reports, and there is a lack of transparency over the funding and work of MTVA. The report concluded that the "public service media have been deformed into state media." Moreover, MTVA withdrew its participation from the EBU's

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amid a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment among the leadership of Hungary and MTVA; while no official reason for the withdrawal was given by the broadcaster, an inside source speaking with the website ''Index.hu'' speculated that the contest was considered "too gay" for MTVA to participate.

History

MTVA brought together four public media companies in Hungary:

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(MR),

Magyar Televízió Magyar Televízió (, ''Hungarian Television'') or MTV is a nationwide public television broadcasting organization in Hungary. Headquartered in Budapest, it is the oldest television broadcaster in Hungary and today airs five channels: M1 HD, ...

(MTV),

Duna Televízió Duna TV, full name ''Duna Televízió'' ()— is one of Hungary's public television channels. "Duna" is the Hungarian name for the Danube. Duna has been the ''national main channel'' of the public media MTVA since 15 March 2015. Duna TV is ma ...

(Duna TV) and

Magyar Távirati Iroda MTI (''Magyar Távirati Iroda'', literally "Hungarian Telegraphic Office") is a Hungarian news agency. One of the oldest news agencies in the world, it was founded in 1880. MTI was owned by MTI Rt., founded by the Parliament. The members of th ...

(MTI). At the same time, MTI was given the exclusive right to produce news content for the public broadcasters. According to Hungarian politicians, the establishment of MTVA should help clean up the country's "dysfunctional public broadcasting sector". However, the media reform received criticism from foreign politicians and media experts, who believed the reform limited the independence of broadcasters and gave the government greater control over the country's public broadcasters. The four broadcasters continued as four divisions under MTVA, but were merged into a one-joint broadcasting company named Duna Media on 1 July 2015. This

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is the legal successor to each of the four formerly separate entities managed by the MTVA. The Duna TV channel become the main generalist channel, replacing the first Magyar Televízió channel M1, the oldest in Hungary, which changed its format/genre and assumed continuous broadcast of news related programming. Among other things, MTVA is responsible for distributing funds and resources to the various departments in Duna Media. Most people who work for Duna Media are also employed through MTVA. According to the

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, MTVA wants to have a relationship with its British counterpart,

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Services

Its activities include radio, television, news agencies and online services as listed below:

Radio

Current: *

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: News and entertainment * Petőfi Rádió: Pop music and youth programming *: Classical music *: Folk, operetta and pop-folk *: broadcasts programs aimed at ethnic minorities in Hungary *: Parliamentary broadcasts and political events *: jazz music *: sport programs and broadcasts *: kids programs Former: *: Regional programs from

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Győr Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...

Miskolc Miskolc ( , ; ; Czech language, Czech and ; ; ; ) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 as of 1 January 2014, Miskolc is the List of cities and towns in Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, ...

Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c ...

and

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

. The radio closed down on 22 December 2012. *: Folk, operetta, pop-folk. The radio closed down on 22 December 2012. *: Temporary radio set up due to the

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. *: broadcasts, news and Hungarian programs to Hungarians abroad. The radio closed down on 13 June 2024.

Television

Current: * Duna: Duna Media's main generalist channel for television. *

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: international channel which caters to Hungarians abroad * M1: broadcasts news, debates and current affairs programming. * M2: children channel *: channel for young people *

M4 Sport M4 Sport is a Hungarian terrestrial television channel owned and operated by Duna Média since 2015. On this channel, events of the 16 prominent Hungarian sports are carried, as well as international sports events, events featuring outstanding Hun ...

: Sports channel established in July 2015 *: Sports channel established in September 2020 which caters to Hungarians abroad * M5: culture and educational programming Former or planned channels * M3: broadcasts, movies and historical programs, taken from the archives of Magyar Televízió and Duna TV. As a TV channel, it closed down on 30 April 2019 and launched as an online service the following day. *: The first 3D television channel between 25 June 2012 and 13 August. *: News channel about the

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between 4 April 2013 and 31 January 2014. * M4K: A channel which was announced but never launched. It would have broadcast Ultra HD programs. * M6: A channel which was announced but never launched. The channel was planned as a regional channel of

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News agency

– Hungarian state information and press agency established in 1881.

Internet

* Hirado.hu – A popular

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related to the news program of the same name * Mediaklikk.hu – Official MTVA website * M4sport.hu – Official site of M4 Sport * Petofilive.hu – Official site of Petőfi Rádió and M2 Petőfi * Teletext.hu –

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service

Controversies

In 2011, MTVA's news editor Dániel Papp manipulated a news segment about politician

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to make it look like he fled the scene without an answer after being questioned on accusations of child abuse. Subsequently, uncut footage showed that Cohn-Bendit replied to the reporter's questions and denied the accusations. Papp was later promoted. In the same year, Zoltán Lomnici, the former president of the

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was blurred out from a report about a press conference he was co-hosting. The censoring of Lomnici was suggested to be politically motivated. In 2019 a leaked audio recording made during the run-up to

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showed a senior MTVA editor, Balazs Bende, informing reporters that the institution does not favor the opposition's list and the reporters should work accordingly. Bende instructed the reporters to produce content using the "appropriate" narrative and methodology, especially on topics like

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and

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