Česká televize jako médium veřejné služby, její regulace a financování

Abstract

This thesis deals with the problematic of the Czech television from the perspective of public service media. The work is divided into three main chapters. In the first part of my thesis I describe an influence of current affairs on public television, including the historical context. The second part of my thesis focuses on the operation of existing legislation, public media, including independent assessment of its particular political power in detail. In particular, I focus here on individual councils and the process of how their members are being elected. I offer here a critical perspective on the current method of selecting members of the Czech Television Council, which is to function as a supervisory body of the Czech Television, where I see the urgent need for change but currently for which there is lack of any political effort. In the conclusion of my thesis, I deal with the way of financing public television. I am reacting to current events and also offer my view on the current method of collecting license fees and the existence of advertising on public television.