Public Company RTCG
Javno preduzeće “Radio i Televizija Crne Gore” has a long history and started broadcasting as Radio Television Titograd in 1964 when Montenegro was part of Yugoslavia. In 1991 the television underwent a name change and became known as Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG). The transformation from state to public broadcaster started in 2002 with the adoption of specific laws that laid the foundations for public service broadcasting in Montenegro.
The founder of RTCG is the Parliament of Montenegro, and the rights on behalf of the founder are represented by the RTCG Council, in accordance with the law. In addition to the Council, Radio Television of Montenegro is managed by the general director of RTCG.
The Council is composed of 9 members who have collective responsibility. Current members of the Council of Radio Television Montenegro are: Predrag Marsenić, Filip Lazović, Veselin Drljević who is the President of the Council, Amina Murić, Predrag Miranović, Naod Zorić, Marijana Camović Veličković who is the Vice President of the Council and Milica Špajak.
Besides TV and radio, RTCG has a portal and a Program Archive - a treasury of audiovisual achievements.
RTCG is a member of the EBU - European Broadcasting Union - the largest association of national media organisations in the world with 74 members in 56 European countries and 35 associated members worldwide.
The head of RTCG is Boris Raonić, he was a civil activist before being elected director general of RTCG. A dispute, followed by a civil lawsuit resulted in the decision of the court in Podgorica reaching the verdict that Raonić's election was unlawful. The Higher court has confirmed this decision. The court has deliberated based on the lawsuit of journalist Nikola Marković, who was also a candidate for the position of General director. The complaint was based on the fact that Raonić shouldn’t have been elected because he, at the time, had a conflict of interest, being a member of the Council for Electronic Media, appointed by the Parliament, which was in collision with the law on Radio Television Montenegro. Many civil society organisations were pointing out the unlawfulness of the election of Raonić. However, the Council again, expressly reappointed Raonić, despite the Court ruling.
The impressum does not provide information about the editors of TV and radio programs. RTCG has 746 employees.
Business Form
Public
Legal Form
Public company
Business Sectors
Production and broadcasting of television program
Individual Owner
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Portal RTCG
General Information
Founding Year
2002
Affiliated Interests Founder
Rights of the founder are being enforced by the Council of RTCG in accordance with the Law on the national broadcaster Radio Television Montenegro. Members of the Council are being elected by the Parliament. Their mandate lasts 5 years and they can only be reelected once.
Organs of RTCG are: Council of RTCG and the general director of RTCG.
Assets of RTCG are state owned and RTCG is responsible for its obligations with all of its assets. The state has a solidary obligation to unlimited responsibility for obligations of RTCG.
Employees
746
Contact
Tax/ ID Number
(PIB): 02020220
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
18,650 million EUR / 19,582 million USD
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
0,910 million EUR / 0,9555 million USD
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Missing Data
Management
Supervisory Board
The Radio and Television are being supervised by the Council, composed of 9 members who have collective responsibility. Members of the Council of Radio Television Montenegro are: Predrag Marsenić, Filip Lazović, Veselin Drljević who is the President of the Council, Amina Murić, Predrag Miranović, Naod Zorić, Marijana Camović Veličković who is the Vice President of the Council and Milica Špajak.
Other Influential People
Boris Raonić is the director general of the RTCG. He was a civil society activist before being elected general director of Radio Television Montenegro. A dispute, followed by a civil lawsuit resulted in the decision of the court in Podgorica reaching the verdict that Raonić's election was unlawful. The Higher court has confirmed this decision.
The court has deliberated based on the lawsuit of journalist Nikola Marković, who was also a candidate for the position of General director. The complaint was based on the fact that Raonić shouldn’t have been elected because he was, at the time, in a conflict of interest, being the member of the Council for Electronic Media, appointed by the Parliament, which was in collision with the law on Radio Television Montenegro.
Many civil society organizations were pointing out the unlawfulness of the election of Raonić. However, the Council again, expressly appointed Raonić, despite the Court ruling.
Further Information
Meta Data
Since the founder of Javno preduzeće “Radio i Televizija Crne Gore” is the Parliament of Montenegro there are no owners.
The data on the media company was collected from the Central Registry of business entities of Montenegro, Tax administration portal Taxis, website of the media and desk research.
MOM team in Montenegro contacted the media outlet on August 18, 2023, as is the practice for Media Ownership Monitor, to invite the media owners to proactively disclose information relevant to the study.
The annual average exchange rate of the Central Bank for 2022 was used to convert EUR into USD (1,05).