Telecommunications in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Office of the High Representative (OHR), the leading international civilian agency in Bosnia, oversaw the development of national public broadcasting.

[3] Sarajevo is home to Al-Jazeera Balkans TV, an offshoot of the Qatar-based pan-Arab news network, broadcasting in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian.

The three companies enjoyed a de facto monopoly over their operating areas, although they have nationwide licenses for domestic and international calls.

[7] The TLC operators are still mainly state-owned and there is strong resistance to privatisation, with 90% of BH Telecom and 50.1% of HT Mostar owned by the Federation of BiH.

[Stipe] Prlic, as HT Mostar's General Manager, challenged the privatization in court and won, arguing that the Federation government had not authorized it.

[2] The Press Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the organization responsible for self-regulation of online and print media content.

Independent analysts note a continuing tendency of politicians and other leaders to label unwanted criticism as hate speech.