The Status and Activities of the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting

1 The Status and Activities of the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting Abstract The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive overview of the status and selected activities of the Council for radio and television broadcasting, to compare certain aspects of Czech legislation with foreign models, and subsequently to evaluate the existing legislation on this basis. The author will also attempt to propose partial solutions to possible shortcomings. The first chapter aims to define the concept of media, outline their theoretical classification, and introduce the dual broadcasting system. The second chapter deals with the legal regulation of audiovisual media services within the Czech legal system. Most of the chapter is devoted to defining original broadcasting and analyzing its individual elements. Other services are also discussed, including retransmission, on-demand audiovisual media services, and video-sharing platform services. The following two chapters form the core of this work. The third chapter focuses on the position of the Council and is divided into several subchapters. These include the basic characteristics of the Council, its legal regulation, the definition of the Council as a central administrative authority, the structure of the Council, including the conditions for membership...