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TV BK is on the air again, but only on the Internet. The station's editorial office in Belgrade will soon hire new staff in order to launch a 24 hour-a-day programme.
(Vecernje novosti, NUNS, 08.12.2011)

"It is obvious that the broadcasting of TV BK on the internet avoids the circumstances that led to the closure of BK, i.e. the activities of an 'independent' agency that issues and revokes broadcasting licenses and punishes broadcasters. Still, new technologies have managed to overcome the legal framework and legal regulations. The idea as such relies on technological advances, but it is uncertain whether such a programme will be accepted by the audience", says Miroljub Radojkovic, a professor at the Faculty of Political Science.
(Danas, NUNS, 09.12.2011)

Ivana Vujanov, a columnist for Dnevnik, writes: "The news that TV BK has begun working again under the name of BK TV News does not seem as a big surprise. 'Telefact', a TV show that stood among others due to its precise time slot and carefully selected news that sounded unbiased and topical, came back to our computer monitors instead of our TV screens, after six years of absence. TV BK was closed down on 9 May 2007 after the Republic Broadcasting Agency (RRA) revoked its broadcasting license, shutting down a station whose news programme was one of the best-rated in the country. Despite nine verdicts issued by the Supreme Court confirming the illegal closure of TV BK, the station has not managed to resume broadcasting.
(Dnevnik, 10.12.2011)

The Press Center in Vladicin Han has received a new radio and studio mixer, a link and other necessary equipment for reporting on the sessions of the Municipal Assembly, all paid by the state budget. Installation of the new equipment will significantly improve broadcasting of the programme and working conditions of the station's employees.
(Vecernje novosti, UNS, 13.12.2011)

As a part of the campaign "A Penny for the Media", BIRN Serbia has launched a web application "The Media Informant" ("Medijski Dousnik"), which serves as an online tool that allows quick and simple communication with the media. "For the first time in a single location, we have formed an online database with contacts from 496 media outlets in Serbia, which citizens can use to ask a question with only three clicks!", says the announcement issued by BIRN Serbia.
(BIRN Serbia, MC, 14.12.2011)

A web edition of the oldest daily newspaper in Vojvodina, Dnevnik from Novi Sad, has grown into a web portal that offers real-time news from the country and abroad, with special emphasis on Novi Sad and its surroundings. The address of the portal is www.dnevnik.rs.
(UNS,16.12.2011)

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