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CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 28 MAY, 2009

NUMBER: 8.3.3.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING, 2008

 

RADIO BROADCASTING

 

In 2008, there were 146 radio stations in operation, so there were 2 stations more than in 2007. There were 4 stations that broadcasted throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia: Hrvatski radio, Hrvatski katolički radio, Radio Croatia and Otvoreni radio, while others were either regional or local ones. According to their status, 21 stations were considered public and 125 independent institutions.

 

As compared to 2007, the total broadcast of own programme expressed in hours increased by 7.1%, out of which the broadcast of state-owned radio stations did not change, regional stations decreased broadcasting by 6.5% and the local ones increased their broadcasting by 9.7%.

 

The average share of news and information programme in own programmes of all radio stations was 15.1%, out of which the programme in the state-owned radio stations reached 14.4%, in regional ones 20.1% and in local ones 14.5%. The share of advertising spots in all radio stations was 7.7% on the average, out of which this kind of programme in the state-owned radio stations reached 4.4%, in the regional ones 8.4% and in the local ones 7.8%

 

As compared to 2007, the total number of persons in employment increased by 1.9%, while the share of those directly engaged in the production of radio programmes (70%) in all radio stations remained the same.

 

The share of women in the total number of persons in employment was 45.4%, which means that it did not change as compared to the year 2007.

 

 

1.1.   RADIO STATIONS, BY BROADCASTING AREA AND OWN RADIO PROGRAMME, BY TYPE OF PROGRAMME, 2008

 

Radio stations

Radio programmes1), hours

Total

News and information

Documentaries and entertainment

Drama

Art/humanities
/science

Educational
and children’s

Music

Sport

Advertising spots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

146

1 128 564

170 423

110 441

2 818

     19 455

10 083

705 490

23 010

86 844

State

4

          60 693

     8 736

     2 284

     372

1 685

     1 091

     43 027

       843

     2 655

Region

16

       122 058

   24 491

   16 619

     141

2 230

     433

   64 781

    3 093

  10 270

Narrow area (local)

126

      945 813

 137 196

   91 538

  2 305

15 540

   8 559

  597 682

   19 074

  73 919

 

 

1)    Presenting programmes of in-house broadcasted radio programme, including programmes of own production and co-production with other radio stations

 

 

1.2.   RADIO STATIONS, TRANSMITTERS AND PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, RADIO PROGRAMME PRODUCTION EXPRESSED
         IN HOURS, BY COUNTIES, 2008

 

Radio
stations

Transmitters

Persons in employment

Programme production, hours

Number

Power, kW

Total

Out of which

Total

Own
production

Co-production with other
radio
stations

Production
of other
radio stations

Directly engaged
in production of
radio programmes

Full-time

All

Women

All

Women

All

Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Croatia

146

601

 6 661,056

2 812

1 277

1 968

750

2 775

1 262

1 189 089

1 109 585

18 979

60 525

County of Zagreb

8

11

11,701

66

30

52

20

63

30

67 840

67 340

88

412

County of Krapina-Zagorje

6

16

23,568

54

24

46

18

54

24

49 074

48 538

323

213

County of Sisak-Moslavina

6

12

27,388

44

23

33

16

44

23

47 560

45 697

520

1 343

County of Karlovac

5

8

7,75

34

13

29

10

34

13

37 698

35 307

-

2 391

County of Varaždin

8

14

12,11

71

21

57

15

65

21

68 129

66 738

104

1 287

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

4

8

22,42

32

15

23

8

32

15

32 384

32 254

130

-

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

6

9

8,45

57

27

45

17

54

27

41 432

30 608

104

10 720

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

10

20

25,05

108

46

89

32

105

43

77 436

75 161

478

1 797

County of Lika-Senj

3

7

3,55

25

12

23

10

24

12

17 951

17 843

-

108

County of Virovitica-Podravina

5

7

4,488

42

17

39

14

42

17

40 984

40 113

5

866

County of Požega-Slavonia

2

4

4,3

26

12

18

7

26

12

17 568

17 128

440

-

County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina

4

6

15,5

43

22

30

12

41

20

31 139

19 621

444

11 074

County of Zadar

7

13

26,4

88

42

74

31

87

41

52 677

51 534

778

365

County of Osijek-Baranja

11

15

85,67

140

58

115

37

136

54

82 033

75 254

1 248

5 531

County of Osijek-Baranja

4

8

16,75

44

19

37

15

44

19

30 592

24 482

1 750

4 360

County of Vukovar-Sirmium

6

8

14,815

64

29

44

16

64

29

46 271

44 820

818

633

County of Split-Dalmatia

15

34

68,63

132

58

107

40

126

56

127 535

112 689

4 399

10 447

County of Istria

12

30

35,305

99

42

76

27

96

41

105 388

97 517

2 628

5 243

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

8

22

12,501

68

31

55

20

66

30

56 962

51 079

3 259

2 624

County of Međimurje

5

9

3,17

37

11

34

9

34

10

35 460

34 314

1 096

50

City of Zagreb

11

340

6 231,54

1 538

725

942

376

1 538

725

122 976

121 548

367

1 061

 

TELEVISION BROADCASTING

 

In 2008, data on 21 TV broadcasters were presented. By status, there was one public and 20 independent TV broadcasters. As compared to 2007, the total number of in-house broadcasted hours of programme (without satellite transmissions) increased by 18.7%, while the satellite transmission and the share of TV repeats in the total programme (without satellite transmissions) did not change. The share of information and documentary programmes of all TV broadcasters was 17.6%, out of which TV broadcasters that cover the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as state TV broadcasters) participated with 12.6%, regional TV broadcasters with 20.0% and local ones with 19.0%. The share of commercial programme of all TV broadcasters was 27.2%, out of which the state TV broadcasters participated with 12.6%, the regional ones with 32.8% and the local ones with 31.5%.

 

As compared to 2007, the total number of persons in employment increased by 6.9%, out of which 77.0% were persons in employment directly engaged in the production of TV programmes. The share of women in the total number of persons in employment was 38.7%, which shows that the percentage of women did not change, as compared to 2007.

 

 

2.1.   TV BROADCASTERS, BY BROADCASTING AREA AND IN-HOUSE BROADCASTED TV PROGRAMME, BY TYPE OF PROGRAMME
         EXPRESSED IN HOURS, 2008

 

TV broadcasters

Total
hours

Type of programme, hours

Information
and
documentary

Special

Education

Fiction

Music

Entertainment

Children’s
and youth

Sport

Commercial

Non-programme contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

       21

   133 091

    23 433

   10 557

    2 926

    27 586

   10 136

    12 935

     3 512

    5 862

9 123

27 021

State

3

32 068

4 051

1 365

947

14 026

595

4 234

1 178

1 631

2 454

1 587

Region

3

18 769

3 763

2 119

211

1 628

2 290

1 973

  136

  487

1 958

4 204

Local TV stations

15

82 254

15 619

7 073

1 768

11 932

7 251

6 728

2 198

3 744

4 711

21 230

 

 

2.2.   TV BROADCASTERS, BY BROADCASTING AREA, BROADCASTING AND DURATION OF PROGRAMMES EXPRESSED
         IN HOURS, 2008

 

Duration of programmes in reference year

Satellite programme

Transmission of foreign
TV broadcasters, hours

Total

Channel 1

Channel 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

       133 091

        125 598

          7 493

               21 686

                    660

State

32 068

24 575

7 493

8 793

644

Region

18 769

18 769

-

3 595

-

Local TV stations

82 254

82 254

-

9 298

16

 

2.3.   TV BROADCASTERS, TRANSMITTERS, CONVERTERS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSMISSION OF TV PROGRAMME
         EXPRESSED IN HOURS, 2008

 

Transmitters

Converters

Persons in employment

In-house broadcasted TV programme, hours

 

Number

Power, kW

Number

Power, kW

Total

Out of that

Total

Out of that,
TV repeats

 

All

Women

Directly engaged in production of TV programmes

Full-time

 

All

Women

All

Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

152

1 4550,389

22

472,878

3 342

1 292

2 575

858

3 334

1 290

133 091

42 544

State TV broadcasters

129

1 4500,308

1 000

465,764

2 798

1 074

2 150

725

2 796

1 074

32 068

7 972

Hrvatska televizija, Zagreb

38

8 991,612

692

281,945

2158

793

1734

568

2156

793

16 256

4 707

Nova TV d. d., Zagreb

74

96,696

93

10,041

292

109

171

56

292

109

8 112

1 713

RTL Hrvatska d. o. o., Zagreb

17

5 412,000

215

173,760

348

172

245

101

348

172

7 700

1 552

Regional TV broadcasters

4

17,100

7

1,200

130

56

91

28

128

55

18 769

5 839

 

Kanal RI d. o. o., Rijeka

1

2,000

6

1,000

48

24

36

14

46

23

3 014

1 049

 

Varaždinska televizija d. o. o., Varaždin

2

10,100

1

0,200

32

12

21

5

32

12

8 784

2 437

 

Nezavisna televizija d. o. o., Voloder

1

5,000

-

-

50

20

34

9

50

20

6 971

2 353

 

Local TV broadcasters

19

32,981

15

5,914

414

162

334

105

410

161

82 254

28 733

 

TV Čakovec d. o. o., Čakovec

1

0,500

-

-

19

7

12

3

17

6

4 580

1 953

     TV Plus d. o. o., Jastrebarsko

1

0,200

1

0,200

5

1

4

-

5

1

2 149

2 149

 

TV Slavonija i Baranja d. o. o., Osijek

2

0,693

1

0,786

18

9

15

6

18

9

3 203

1 019

 

OAR d. o. o. - Osječka televizija, Osijek

1

2,530

-

-

21

5

19

3

21

5

8 784

656

 

Nezavisna istarska televizija d. d., Pazin

1

10,000

4

0,700

35

15

21

7

35

15

5 495

2 627

 

TV NOVA d. o. o., Pula

1

0,500

1

1,200

14

6

11

4

14

6

7 867

4 316

 

TV Primorje i Gorski kotar d. o. o., Rijeka

1

0,200

-

-

23

9

16

6

23

9

5 430

1 440

 

TV Slavonsko - brodska d. o. o.,
Slavonski Brod

1

0,158

1

0,225

28

9

24

5

26

9

2 453

2 285

 

TV Dalmacija d. o. o., Split

2

2,000

-

-

18

6

16

4

18

6

3 780

1 856

 

TV Jadran d. o. o., Split

3

6,000

1

0,300

14

5

10

1

14

5

2 973

1 218

 

VTV d. o. o., Vinkovci

1

3,500

-

-

47

19

35

9

47

19

8 784

1 746

 

Gradska televizija d. o. o., Zadar

1

0,200

1

2,000

16

8

10

3

16

8

3 318

2 016

 

VOX d. o. o., Zadar

1

0,500

1

0,003

100

46

99

45

100

46

7 759

1 924

 

OTV d. o. o., Zagreb

1

1,000

4

0,500

49

13

37

7

49

13

6 895

1 253

 

TV Sljeme d. o. o., Zagreb

1

5,000

-

-

7

4

5

2

7

4

8 784

2 275

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

Data published in this Release are the result of an annual processing of statistical data that are collected through the Annual Report on Radio Broadcast (RADIO-1 form) and the Annual Report on Television Broadcast (TV-1 form).

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Surveys cover radio stations and TV broadcasters that have a licence for the operation on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Data are comparable to those from previous years.

 

Definitions and explanations

 

Radio stations and TV broadcasters are institutions that broadcast a programme for the public via radio and TV transmitters and TV converters.

 

According to the territorial coverage, radio stations and TV broadcasters can cover the whole country, that is, the programme can be received on the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia, in a particular region or in a particular narrow area.

 

According to status, radio stations and TV broadcasters can be public and independent.

 

In-house broadcasted radio programme includes programmes made either in own production or in co-production with other radio stations or those produced by other radio stations.

 

The origin of the in-house broadcasted programme can be own production, production of other domestic producers and foreign production. Satellite programme is an in-house broadcasted programme.

 

Persons in employment presented in table 1.2. also include staff working for both Hrvatski radio and Hrvatska televizija.

 

Territorial constitution

 

Data by counties are presented on the basis of the Act on Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, No. 86/06) with the situation as on 31st December 2008.

 

Abbreviations

 

kW  kilowatt

NN   Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

 

Symbols

 

-  no occurrence