Media in Keszaria

Media in Keszaria consist of several different types of Keszarian communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based websites. Many of the media are controlled by large, for-profit corporations with reap revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and sale of copyrighted material. Keszaria also has a small but strong music and film industry.

There is no censorship in Keszaria, although independent media has faced recently financial problems due to the 1576 economic crisis. Most international journalist NGOs and think tanks label Keszarian media as either "free media" or "partly free".

Overview

Before late-1540s, no independent media was allowed and all television, radio, and newspapers were state-owned. After the transition from the communist regime to a democracy in 1554-1559, many independent and private-owned radio and newspapers were created. The first private-owned television channel was launched in 1562. Therefore, most of Keszarian media is only a few decades old, with the only exception of the state-owned television channels KTV and KTV-2.

Television

Television in Keszaria was introduced in 1536. Transmission in color was introduced to Keszarian television for first time in 1554. Keszaria had only one television channel until 1555. It was only in the early 1560s when private and commercial broadcasting was introduced to Keszaria.

KTV

KTV-1 is a Keszarian television channel owned and operated by Keszarian National Radio Television (KNRTV). KNRTV is state-owned and it was established in 1536. It is one of the most watched television channels in Keszaria, espcially its new programs. KTV also produces many films and television series in Keszarian language.

KTV-2 is also owned by KNRTV, and it broadcasts mainly cultural and children's programming, along a few musical and talk shows that targets youth audiences.

TTV, previously known as KTV-4, and officially know as Testgyakorlás TV, is also owned by KNRTV. It was created in 1579, and it broadcasts national and international sport events.

Világ TV is the international television service of KNRTV. It airs a mix of programming from KTV-1 and KTV-2 domestic channels, together with special programmes aimed at the Keszarian diaspora in Azreae, Carpathia, Lanlania, and Western Brigidna. It airs news and current affairs programming, as well as shows about Keszarian culture and history, including drama, music, movies and more.

Híradó TV

Híradó TV (or often HTV for clarity, meaning News Television) is a private television channel which mostly broadcasts news and political talk shows. It was the first private channel in Keszaria, created in late 1560, and it was owned by Jokédv Media Group until 1580. It was often considered a liberal television channel, which was officially non-partisan but ideologically close to the positions of the Civic Democratic Union (CDU-PDS).

In 1580, the channel was bought by Takáts Media Group, a corporation owned by Zsoltán Takáts, former owner of the KESZLAV airlines company until 1578. Since then, Híradó TV is considered to shifted to more center-right positions, having a more neutral orientation in political issues.

C3TV

C3TV, also known as Channel 3, is a Keszarian commercial television operating since 1564, providing a large variety of programming. It was owned by Jokédv Media Group until late 1579 when it was sold to two Lanlanian investors. It is mostly focused on entertainment, and its news programs are considered politically neutral. It is known also for broadcasting the Voice of Siora international musical event in Keszaria.

Mai TV

Mai TV is a television station owned by Termékeszaria, a Keszarian entertainment company. It was one of Keszaria's first commercial TV channels and was only six days after the main rival Híradó TV to begin broadcasting. Until 1573, it was owned by Karlssony Group, a corporation owned by the family of Vice President Nándor Dohnányi-Persbrandt, who became President of Keszaria in 1574.

Since its start, Mai TV has focused to gain viewers from the urban population. The channel airs programs mostly for a younger (18-45) audience. From the late 1570s, Mai TV has started to broadcast popular Lanlanian TV shows. The channel remains as the most watched television channel in the country.

The channel received criticism for subtle support in the early 1570s to Vice President Nándor Dohnányi-Persbrandt and the Freedom Party. During that time, Mai TV CEO was Zándor Szabó, who was the brother-in-law of Dohnányi-Persbrandt's wife. Termékeszaria bought Mai TV in 1573, partly to avoid conflict of interests as consequence of a law passed by the Keszarian parliaments some months before the 1574 presidential elections, which were won by Nándor Dohnányi-Persbrandt anyway. Termékeszaria is currently owned by the Takáts family.

Nemzeti TV

Nemzeti TV, also known as NTV, is a commercial television channel, owned by the Sentric Church. It was created in 1566. Nemzeti TV promotes Messanic and conservative values, and during many years it was considered a partisan political channel, which often supported the conservative Messanic Democratic Party. In the late years, however, the channel has shifted toward a more neutral political stance, although highly critical of center-left and communist political parties.

Boldogság Television

Bolgogság Television, also known as BTV, is a television channel created in late 1579. It is an entertainment station, primarily dedicated to talk shows, reality series involving lifestyles, family life. It is owned by Guttman Investment.

Newspapers

The number of national daily newspapers in Keszaria was 10 in 1540 and it increased to 28 in 1550. In 1549 the Press Law became effective, regulating the print media market in the country. Following the collapse of the communist regime the act was revised in Marth 1560.

Daily newspapers

Szólam

Szólam is a Keszarian daily newspaper which began publishing on Alvan 1562. It was acquired by a Lanlanian media company in 1580. The newspaper is a tabloid publication and has no clear political affiliation. In addition to the Szólam newspaper, other publications with the Szólam name are also available, such as the weekend edition called Készö Szólam (began in the late 1560s), entertainment magazine named Szólam Magazin, Szólam Asszony, a publication targeted to women, and Szólam Sport, a sport magazine. It has its headquarters in Köszövár. By 1582, Szólam was the second most read daily newspaper in Keszaria by circulation.

Szórszágos

Szórszágos ("national voice") is a Keszarian daily newspaper owned by businessman Tibor Bartak. It is a conservative newspaper, known as a supporter of political parties of Keszaria with conservative and traditional values. It was created in 1558, only a few months before the 1559 elections. It endorsed Árpad Ormandy in the 1559 elections, the first presidential elections in the democratic era. From 1559 to 1579 it supported and endorsed candidates of the Messanic Democratic Party. It, however, endorsed Vice President Géza Békésy in the runoff of the 1579 presidential elections, and it is openly supports the ruling Keszarian Liberal Movement since 1582. By early 1583, it was the most read newspaper in Keszaria.

Vízdél Korszak

Vízdél Korszak is a Keszarian daily newspaper. It was started in 1552 as a newspaper of the Keszarian government. It was privatized after the political transition in 1559, and quickly became known for backing liberal causes. In 1564 it was bought by Jokédv Media Group. It is published in broadsheet format and it has its headquarters in Vízdél. From 1559 to 1571, it endorsed candidates of the centrist Civic Democratic Union (CDU-PDS), and it often supported the governments of CDU-PDS presidents Zsoltán Barényi and Álmos Vaszary. It, however, endorsed Freedom Party leader Nándor Dohnányi-Persbrandt in the 1574 presidential elections, and Freedom Party candidate László Simonyi in the 1579 elections.

Following the 1576 economic crisis, the newspaper faced severe financial problems. In Septem 1583 it was bought by Guttmann Investment, which reduced its staff and announced an ideological shift a month later when Béla Gyarmati, a former Civic Democratic Union politician, was hired as new editor-in-chief. From 1572 to 1580 it was the most read daily newspaper in Keszaria. However, since 1579 its readership reduced considerably.

Víszdél Korszak also publishes a Lanlanian-language edition, known as Vízdél-Posten.

Nemzeti Hírlap

Nemzeti Hírlap is a conservative daily newspaper published in Keszaria. Its name literally means "National news". The newspaper was founded by entrepeneur Gusztáv Szabados in 1572.

Nemzeti Hírlap supports Messanic traditional values, and it endorsed Messanic Democratic Party candidates several times. It often complained about bias of the more readily available Vízdél Korszak newspaper and the government's alleged de facto censorship by cutting off funds for conservative media during the CDU-PDS Álmos Vaszary and Freedom Party Nándor Dohnányi-Persbrandt presidencies (1569-1579).

The party shifted further to right-wing ideologies as consequence of the 1576 financial crisis. It endorsed Vice President Géza Békésy in the 1579 presidential elections. It, however, supported National People's Party candidate Gyöngy Székély for the runoff of the Vice President elections the same year. It often supports the policies of the radical-right National People's Party, which the newspaper has endorsed several times in Senate and local elections.

The newspaper is considered "national-conservative" and "nationalist". In 1581 the paper was involved in a controversy after it published an opinion piece by Viktor Romanyi, who referred to the killings of three Keszarian girls, where two ethnic Carpathians were suspected of involvement, and wrote that many Carpathians are "animals...unfit to live in a civilized society" and "potencial murderers...who should not be accepted as citizens". The article generated negative reactions in Keszaria and nearby countries. Nemzeti Hírlap spokesman declared that Romanyi's views were "his own" and that the newspaper "do not censor the opinions of its journalists and contributors". A National People's Party spokesman said critics of Romanyi's article were "siding with" Carpathian murderers, while Vice President Gyöngy Székély deplored that many Keszarian intellectuals are lately involved in "witch hunts" against conservative ideas moved by "political correctness", in reference of the public reactions to Romanyi's article.

Valuta

Valuta ("money" in Keszarian language) is the leading Keszarian business daily newspaper published by Nándor Morgan Group. It was founded in 1560 and it is headquartered in Köszövár. The daily is called the "yellow newspaper" since it is published on yellowish paper. During the communist era in Keszaria it was the first private-owned newspaper which was allowed direct access to foreign news agencies. It is considered a center-right newspaper, although it rarely endorses candidates or political parties on elections.

Radio

History of radio in Keszaria goes back to early 16th century. A number of radio stations were created in the 1520s. Most of them were closed or nationalized by the communist government of the People's Republic of Keszaria. Independent, privately owned radi ostations proliferated in the democratic Keszarian Republic after 1559.

K-Radio

Keszaria Rádió, owned by the Keszarian National Radio Television, the public state radio company, broadcasts:

• Rádió 1 - (news, current affairs, easy listening music, focused at listeners aged 40-65)
• Rádió 2 - (pop and rock, entertainment programs, focused at listenes 20-39)
• Rádió 3 - (classical music, drama, comedy, cinema, cultural programs, literature)
• K24 - (news and political shows)
• Megtud Rádió - (kids/learning)
• Rádió 6 (dance, folklore music, international culture, focused at listeners aged 15-19)
• Radio Keszaria (external service in Florinthian, Lanlanian, Carpathian, Karjelinnian, Kaljuran)

Jokédv Media Group

Once the largest media group in the country, Jokédv Media Group faced severe financial problems following the 1576 economic crisis, and in the late 1570s and early 1580s it was forced to sell their two private television channels, the Vízdél Korszak newspaper, and a number of radio station. It remains, however, as an important media group, owning many publishing house and investment in the film industry. It is also still the largest media group in the radio sector, with 127 radio stations along the country.

While most of Jokédv Media Group radio stations are focused on entertainment, music, and local news, it also owns RHK, the first private owned radio station in Keszaria, founded in 1554 and acquired in 1561. RHK, focused on political news and sport, remains as the second radio station nationwide with a largest audience.

Rádió Messaneszteny

Rádió Messaneszteny, also known as RMK, is a radio station owned by the Sentric Church. It mostly broadcasts religious events, spiritual and cultural programs, and religious-based shows. While RMK declares itself non-partisan, it promotes conservative values and it supports center-right and conservative organizations and political parties. The radio station has been accused of promoting anti-Carpathian sentiment.

Takáts Media Group

The Takáts Media Group, which also owns the Híradó TV, is the second largest media group in the radio sector. Their radio stations combines entertainment, local and national news, sports, and political shows. The Takáts Media Group promotes a center-right ideology, and it is considered as pro-government media group since Géza Békésy was elected president in 1579.

Új Rádió

Új Rádió FM, previously a Trade Union radio station, it was privatized in 1559, only a few months before the 1559 elections. Initially a center-left radio station, it openly supported General Zoltán Báthory in the 1559 presidential elections, and the Social Democratic Party in the following elections. In the mid-1560s, Új Rádió FM shifted to more centrist positions, and it was considered close to the Civic Democratic Union (CDU-PDS). In 1578, Új Rádió was acquired by a Lanlanian media group, and it became eventually a non-partisan radio station.

During the 1583 and 1584 elections, both the far-right National People's Party and the Keszarian Communist Party complained about Új Rádió FM "biased" and "slandering criticism" of these parties candidates and policies.

Nemzeti Rádió FM

Nemzeti Rádió FM is a commercial radio, owned by Guttman Investment. The Nemzeti Rádió is considered a national-conservative radio station. It has promoted Keszarian nationalism, and it is considered a controversial radio station for its attack against immigration and ethnic minorities. Although it was considered close to the National People's Party, it endorsed Jenó Ligeti-Ekman, the Keszarian Democratic Coalition candidate, in the 1584 presidential elections.