The Norwegian Media Authority (Norwegian: Medietilsynet) is a Norwegian administrative agency under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films.
The Authority's tasks include
The agency was established 1 January 2005 by merging three government agencies:
The new authority was located in Fredrikstad from 20 March 2006, where the Mass Media Authority already was loca...
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The Norwegian Media Authority (Norwegian: Medietilsynet) is a Norwegian administrative agency under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films.
The Authority's tasks include
The agency was established 1 January 2005 by merging three government agencies:
The new authority was located in Fredrikstad from 20 March 2006, where the Mass Media Authority already was located, but in a new building.
In 2003, the agency was moved from Oslo to Fredrikstad from 20 March 2006, where the Mass Media Authority had been located. This was a program along wit six other directorates and inspectorates which were move out of Oslo, which had been initialized by Victor Norman, Minister of Government Administration and Reform of the Conservative Party. It cost 729 million Norwegian krone (NOK) to move the seven agencies. An official report from 2009 concluded that the agencies had lost 75 to 90% of their employees, mostly...
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