RTL must pay most of the fines.

The Media Council of the National Media and Communications Authority (MNHH) has fined RTL Klub’s service provider a 2.2 million HUF fine for posting surreptitious advertising and violating support rules, management said on Thursday. communications department of NMHH.

RTL was fined for providing detailed information on the plastics institute, fast food chain and appliance retailer’s products and services supporting the program in one of the March broadcasts of the Examined Lifestyle Guide, encouraging them so to buy and use them. viewers – read the communication.

The panel imposed fines of 100,000 HUF on TV2 and 50-50,000 HUF on Hír TV and Magyar ATV, making the sponsored posts from companies supporting weather reports on the channels were surreptitious advertisements.

Hír TV promoted a swimming pool brand in June, and Hungarian ATV and TV2 promoted a face mask company in May.

As written, the board acted fairly on the amount of the fine imposed for the promotion of face masks and accepted the defense of media service providers that it was in the public interest to inform viewers and communicate the availability of masks. facial during the coronavirus epidemic.



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