A divided nation failed to create a common media platform.
After more than ten years of chronic underfunding, the public service broadcaster and EBU member BHRT - Radiotelevision of Bosnia and Herzegovina has today been forced to close its television channel BHT1 and radio channel BH Radio 1. The company's debts amount to around 40 million euro, of which onefifth is owed to the EBU. The background is a political and economic crisis. The problems include unpaid license fees, disagreements over media laws, debts to the EBU, and the regional broadcasters (RTRS and RTVF) refusing to transfer revenues.