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9 . F or qu A L i T y M o T io N P i C T u r e S hungAriAn mediA pAtronAge progrAmme in its decisions, the Media Council’s primary consideration is to ensure that Hungarian media consumers can have equal opportunities in accessing information and cultural assets. Since 2011, the Council has been running the Hungarian Media Patronage Programme, which provides funding for independent, Hungarian non-feature films, as well as for covering the operat- ing costs of local and regional television and radio stations. This patronage programme helps smaller providers to maintain a diverse programme offering and enables them to operate media services nationwide under predict- able conditions and in modern circumstances. 49