Ukraine
IMS is actively involved in Ukraine, assisting media actors in ensuring protection and regulative measures in accordance with international standards. Since the Orange revolution in 2004, media in Ukraine has seen great improvements for press freedom. However, challenges still persist such as an inadequate legislative framework which does not guarantee press freedom. Furthermore, the ownership structure of national broadcast and print media remains widely controlled by oligarchs and politicians.Archive
- Ukrainian media lawyers polished their professional knowledge
- "We are laying the foundation for a new kind of investigative journalism"
- Investigative journalists meet in Kyiv
- Concern over increased government influence as Ukraine shifts to digital broadcasting
- New report: No justice for journalists in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia
- Ukraine: Draft Election Code Must Protect Free Expression
- Ukrainian law students compete in Oxford media law competition
- Ukraine: Law on Access to Public Information
- Passing of Access to Public Information Law marks new era in Ukraine
- The battle over free speech in Ukraine
- Access to information law removed from agenda in Ukraine Parliament
- Ukraine Parliament must adopt crucial media law, say IMS and A19
- Gongadze memorial, 16 September 2010, Kyiv
- Fighting impunity in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
- Ukraine language version - Ukrainian Parliament called on to protect freedom of expression
- Public service broadcasting in Ukraine up for debate
- Ukrainian Parliament urged to protect freedom of expression
- Fears for media in Ukraine
- Media ownership a hot issue in Ukraine
- New Freedom of Expression handbook for Ukrainian courts
- Successful International Media Law Summer School in Kyiv
- Ukraine: Press Freedom Situation Deteriorating Under New President
- Media situation in Ukraine worsens under new president
- Ukrainian media law students impress in Oxford
- Open letter to the new President of Ukraine from A19 and IMS
- New President of Ukraine urged to support Freedom of Expression
- Reporting on elections in Ukraine
- Election Notebook for Journalists - Ukraine
- Ukraine: IMS and ARTICLE 19 Call for Balanced and Ethical Reporting During Elections
- Joint Statement on Ukraine by Article 19 and IMS, October 2009
- Ukraine in need of media reform, says IMS and Article 19
- Digital future on way in Ukraine
- International Media Law Summer School in Ukraine gathers top CIS media lawyers
- Reforming Ukraine's state print media
- Strategic litigation in Ukraine
- Investigative journalism digs deeper in Ukraine
- Building legal defense for media in Ukraine
- Journalists join hands to respond to legal reform in Ukraine
- Preparing media lawyers for election in Ukraine
- Digital broadcasters Forum in Ukraine
- NGOs address access to information in Ukraine
- The fourth International Media Law Summer School in Kyiv carried out with support from IMS
- Statement from High level policy meeting on media policy reform in Ukraine, March 2008
- Support to media policy reform in Ukraine
- Calls for a legal reform of media
Digital future on way in Ukraine
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As Ukraine moves towards digital broadcasting, more than 120 media professionals gathered with the support of IMS to discuss the country’s digital future
By Antonina Cherevko, IMS, Ukraine
The annual International Digital Broadcasting Forum in Ukraine organised by the Independent Association of Broadcasters and Industrial Television Committee in Kyiv in September was the third of its kind held since 2007 to kick-start digital reform and the transformation to digital TV in Ukraine.
Digital broadcasting is a more efficient way of transmitting sound and pictures and also adds pluralism to the electronic media market by widening the technical options available. Leading Ukrainian and international media experts, government representatives and civil society, TV companies and potential investors discussed the legal regulation involved in introducing digital TV, awareness campaigns around digital broadcasting, and ensuring a smooth switchover period from analogue to digital TV through enhanced cooperation between media actors and the use of alternative technologies.
According to Kateryna Kotenko, Director of the Industrial Television Committee, discussions focused on both industry and viewers’ perspectives such as the cost of switchover for viewers and the TV stations, the prospective changes for the media environment and industry, etc.
Government participation for the first time
According to a news report published earlier this year from the Ukrainian news agency UKRINFORM, the Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is reported to have said that the country must complete the transition to digital broadcasting by 2012.
- Undoubtedly, this year’s Forum has fulfilled its main objective – it became a real platform for communication and dialogue, said Kateryna M’yasnykova, Executive Director of the Independent Association of Broadcasters who co-organised the conference.
- It is extremely important that this year, for the first time, public institutions were actively involved in discussions and representatives of all public authorities in charge of digitalisation participated in the event. We hope that by consolidating the efforts of industry, state and civil society as done during the Forum, they will be further developed and we will thus be able to discuss the outcomes at next year’s Forum, she concluded.
By supporting the annual gathering of Ukrainian and international media experts to discuss digital broadcasting, IMS aims to further the country’s transformation to digital broadcasting which will improve its media environment and benefit viewers. More TV and radio services can be broadcast through digital broadcasting and reception problems like ghosting, which affects some analogue viewers in built-up areas, will not be an issue for digital viewers because the digital signal is delivered more efficiently.
Next Digital TV Forum on 1 October 2010
For more information about the Digital TV Forum (including Forum materials) please visit http://dtvforum.org.ua or write to Antonina Cherevko, IMS Programme Officer for Ukraine, at AC[snabela]i-m-s.dk
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