RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING, 2025

1 RADIO BROADCASTING

In 2025, data on 135 radio stations were presented. There were six stations that broadcasted throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia. Other stations were either regional or local ones.

The total broadcast of own programme amounted to 1 252 170 hours. Considering the number of stations, the largest number of hours was broadcasted from in-state stations.

The average share of news and current affairs programme in own programme of all radio stations was 13%, out of which its share in the in-state radio stations reached 17%, in regional ones 15%, and in local ones 12%. The most frequent genre in all radio stations was music programme, which accounted for 65% of the total programme. It accounted for 63% of the total programme in both in-state and regional radio stations, while in local radio stations, it accounted for 66% of the total programme.

The share of promotion programme in all radio stations was 3%.

The production of programme was mostly the stations’ own, with the share of 98% of own production in the entire production.

The share of women in the total number of persons in employment was 49%.

2 TELEVISION BROADCASTING

The data for 2025 refers to 23 TV broadcasters.

The total number of in-house broadcasted hours of the programme was 193 245.

The share of news and current affairs programmes of all TV broadcasters was 19%, in which TV broadcasters that cover the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as state TV broadcasters) participated with 13%, regional TV broadcasters with 24%, and local ones with 26%. The total share of the fiction programme in all TV broadcasters was 16%, of which most was broadcasted by state TV broadcasters, with a share of 30%. The share of promotion programme at the level of all TV broadcasters amounted to 16%, with the largest share in local TV broadcasters, i.e. 25%.

The share of women in the total number of persons in employment was 46%.

In order to achieve a more quality presentation of persons in employment and persons engaged by radio stations and TV broadcasters, the data on the number of engaged persons who worked in the course of 2025 on the basis of contractual agreements, author’s contracts or performance agreements are presented separately from the data on persons in employment (shown in Tables 1.2 and 2.3). The number of concluded agreements or contracts for a particular job in 2025 amounted to 14 518 in radio stations and TV broadcasters. Out of the total number of agreements or contracts, 98% were concluded with radio stations and TV broadcasters that cover the whole country, while the share of engaged women was 44%.

In order to improve the statistics on radio and television broadcasting, the methodological breakdown of programmes has been taken over from relevant European associations, which brought the quality of data closer to that of other European Union Member States.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data published in this First Release are the result of annual processing of statistical data that are collected through the Annual Report on Radio Broadcast (RADIO-1 form) and the Annual Report on Television Broadcast (TV-1 form).

Coverage and comparability

Surveys cover radio stations and TV broadcasters that have a licence for  operation on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Data are comparable to those from previous years, except for those on persons in employment. Since the data are used solely for statistical purposes, they are not published individually, which makes them confidential.

The Republic of Croatia is divided into nine digital coverage areas (called D1 – D9), which consist of two or more counties or parts thereof. In addition, there are also six smaller urban areas (D41, D51, D52, D71, D72 and D81).

Analogue transmitters in all digital coverage areas that transmitted programmes of national TV broadcasters have been turned off, that is, the process of transition to digital transmission ended on 5 October 2010.

Definitions and explanations

Radio stations and TV broadcasters are institutions that broadcast programme for the public via radio and TV transmitters and TV converters.

According to the territorial coverage, radio stations and TV broadcasters can cover the whole country, that is, the programme can be received on the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia, in a particular region or in a particular narrow area.

According to status, radio stations can be public, non-profit and commercial, while TV broadcasters can be public and commercial.

In-house broadcasted radio programme includes programmes made either in own production or in co-production with other radio stations or those produced by other radio stations.

The origin of the in-house broadcasted television programme can be own production, production of other domestic producers and foreign production. Satellite programme is an in-house broadcasted television programme.

Persons in employment presented in tables 1.2. and 2.3. include permanent staff working for both Hrvatski radio and Hrvatska televizija due to the fact that Hrvatska radiotelevizija is, according to its Statute (NN, No. 14/13), organised as a single institution.

Contractual agreement, author’s contract or performance agreement is a civil law contract (agreement) by which the performer undertakes to perform a particular job, physical or mental work and the like, and the client undertakes to pay a fee for the work performed. The contractual agreement is not concluded for a limited period of time, but for the production of a work or work results.

Territorial constitution

Data by counties are presented on the basis of the Act on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, No. 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13, 110/15) with the situation as on 31 December 2025.

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