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A C T i V i T i e S o F T H e NMHH M e D i A C o u N C i L mediA council: tHe NMHH in chArge of mediA Media couNcil surveillAnce under the media act, the remedy; in other words, in case of duties and powers related case, there are rights to legal to the surveillance of media disputes, the final decision rests governance are divided be- with the court. Providers may bid tween the media council and for frequencies, i.e. media service the office of the nmhh. licenses. The primary criterion in the evaluation of the bids is to pre- Subject to a two-thirds majority serve media pluralism and diversity. vote of MPs present, the Media Council’s President and its four The Media Council supervises the Members are elected by the legitimacy of the use of these National Assembly for a term of frequencies and ascertains that nine years. the activities of providers adhere to the provisions of the Media Act The Media Council decides on the and the public contracts. allocation of the frequency assets available to radio and television media services in Hungary. in every WiTH THe PArTiCiPATioN oF THe oFFiCe oF THe NMHH, THe MeDiA CouNCiL: MoNitors THe ACTiViTy oF MeDiA ProViDerS THrougH ANNuAL rePorTS verifies ADHereNCe To THe STiPu- LATioNS oF PuBLiC CoNTrACTS AND PAyMeNT oF THe MeDiA SerViCe FeeS By ProViDerS assesses ANNuAL ADVerTiSiNg SPeNDiNg FigureS iN THe HuNgAriAN MeDiA MArKeT REKLÁM evaluates DeVeLoPMeNTS iN THe ADVerTiSiNg MArKeT 13