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If free media access is provided, what are the criteria for allocating broadcast time / printing space?
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Frequency, length and costs of air time fall to broadcasters, costs of free mail delivery fall to Universal Postal Provider (Royal Mail). Costs of production fall to designated organisations.
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Electoral Code, Art. 75 (2): Regardless of the language in which they broadcast the program, during the election campaign, broadcasters are required to provide the election campaign participants with equal conditions for access to all forms of electoral media presentation –news, special informative programs (interviews, debates, TV/radio hustings, topical information programs, topical information programs with documentary approach and thematic specialized informative programs), free political presentation and paid political advertising.
Portugal Radios and televisions networks, newspapers equal time/space for those groups and political parties registered by the Elections Commission as campaign participants.
