EN

RTV Slovenia is a public, non-profit radio-television organisation rendering public service in the field of radio, television and other activities in compliance with the Radiotelevizija Slovenija Act.  Radio-television Slovenia is “a public institution of special cultural and national importance performing public service in the field of radio and television activities … with the intention of fulfilling democratic, social and cultural needs of the citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenians abroad, Slovenian national minorities in Italy, Austria and Hungary, Italian and Hungarian national communities in the Republic of Slovenia … (Article 1). The public service of RTV Slovenia has been established by the Republic of Slovenia.

It is the duty of the founder to assure institutional autonomy and editorial independence of RTV Slovenia and provide adequate funding for the fulfilment of public service. According to the Law, public service of RTV Slovenia includes creation, preparation, archiving and broadcasting of: two national TV channels, three national radio channels, radio and TV programmes in the regional centres in Koper and Maribor, one radio and TV channel for the Italian and Hungarian national community respectively, radio and TV programmes for the Romany community, radio and TV programmes for Slovenian national minorities in the neighbouring countries and Slovenian emigrants and workers abroad, radio and TV programmes for foreign audiences, teletext and an Internet and mobile portal. According to the Law, public service of RTV Slovenia includes a special national TV programme for direct broadcasting of the sessions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia and its working bodies, and the sessions of the National Council. 

SI

RTV Slovenija je javni zavod posebnega kulturnega in nacionalnega pomena, ki opravlja javno službo na področju radijske in televizijske dejavnosti, z namenom zagotavljanja demokratičnih, socialnih in kulturnih potreb državljanov Republike Slovenije in Slovencev po svetu, pripadnikov slovenskih narodnih manjšin v Italiji, Avstriji in na Madžarskem, italijanske in madžarske narodne skupnosti v Republiki Sloveniji ter druge dejavnosti v skladu z zakonom o RTV Slovenija.

Skladno z zakonom o RTV Slovenija mora javni zavod pripravljati dva nacionalna televizijska programa, tri nacionalne radijske programe, radijske in televizijske programe regionalnih RTV-centrov v Kopru in Mariboru, po en radijski in televizijski program za avtohtono italijansko in madžarsko narodno skupnost ter radijske in televizijske oddaje za romsko etnično skupnost, radijske in televizijske programe za slovenske narodne manjšine v sosednjih državah ter za slovenske izseljence in zdomce, radijske in televizijske programe za tujo javnost ter teletekst internetni in mobilni portal. Poleg tega mora RTV Slovenija pripravljati tudi poseben nacionalni televizijski program, namenjen neposrednim prenosom in predvajanju posnetkov sej Državnega zbora Republike in njegovih delovnih teles.