Supreme Court rejects TV Prima appeal

The nation’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by commercial broadcaster TV Prima which had fought to overturn a 400,000 crown fine for questionable images broadcast in 2008, the Czech News Agency reports. The broadcaster was handed the fine by the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting for showing – for entertainment purposes – scenes of human suffering in drastic detail. The council found that the images could have had a negative psychological impact on young viewers not least since they were broadcast in the afternoon. Prior to the Supreme Court decision, Prague’s Municipal Court and the Supreme Administrative Court had upheld the fine.

Author: Jan Velinger