“Media Azi” Broadcast, 38th Edition: Are Foreign Investments on the Domestic Media Market Possible?

Prime Minister Pavel Filip invited Western business people to invest in the Moldovan media. This, according to the Prime Minister, is necessary in order to develop the media sector and help it become a real fourth estate. At the same time, this March the Parliament adopted a draft law on modifying the current Broadcasting Code. As a result, Moldovan televisions will have to increase the share of domestic product in prime time, and the Broadcasting Coordinating Council will choose a company that will measure the audience of TV channels.
 
How necessary are foreign investments in our media? Are economic conditions favorable for such investments? Is there any profit from the media in Moldova? How timely and necessary are the new amendments to the Broadcasting Code? These topics are discussed in the “Media Azi” show by journalist Nicolae Negru, acting as moderator, and his guest, Dumitru Tira, general director of the “Realitatea” Media Group.

“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md,  Media Azi and Mediacritica, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center. 

The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.