15-07-2023, 08:49 PM
RTL, Hungary’s last major government-independent channel has added a rainbow flag to its on-air logo today for the occasion of Budapest Pride and in support of the increasingly suppressed LGBTQ community.
Two days ago the National Media and Communications Authority prohibited RTL from airing a commercial for Pride, saying it is “not advertising with a social purpose, but promoting homosexuality, which may influence minors in a bad way”, therefore the ad can only be broadcast between 10 pm and 5 am. RTL filled a lawsuit against the decision. Hungary’s parliament passed an anti-LGBT law in 2021.
RTL is currently in a neck-and-neck race with TV2 to be the market leader channel and television group in Hungary.
Two days ago the National Media and Communications Authority prohibited RTL from airing a commercial for Pride, saying it is “not advertising with a social purpose, but promoting homosexuality, which may influence minors in a bad way”, therefore the ad can only be broadcast between 10 pm and 5 am. RTL filled a lawsuit against the decision. Hungary’s parliament passed an anti-LGBT law in 2021.
RTL is currently in a neck-and-neck race with TV2 to be the market leader channel and television group in Hungary.