A publisher who wants to disseminate their programming via digital broadcasting must first obtain a license to do so (i.e. a digital license) in an individual geographical area, allowing them to digitally disseminate their programming over the network and in the area for which the license was given.
In accordance with Article 82 of the Media Act the license to disseminate in the digital broadcasting is awarded by the Agency after a completed public tender, while taking into account the provisions of the Electronic Communications Act. and on the basis of a reasoned proposal by the Broadcasting Council, a public tender shall be launched by a decision published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, in which the Agency also determines the conditions and criteria for selecting providers for the distribution of programs in the tendered area and defines the conditions that the provider must comply with when distributing the program for which it will acquire the distribution rights. At the same time, the Agency shall also publish the tender documentation on its website. The public tender procedure itself shall be conducted by a special impartial commission appointed by the Director of the Agency, while the Broadcasting Council shall submit a reasoned proposal for selection after reviewing the bids and the commission's report. The right to broadcast in the tendered area is granted by the Agency by means of a decision issued in an administrative procedure.
The current and the past public tenders for obtaining a license to disseminate television programming via digital broadcasting are available on this link.
Publishers who are interested in obtaining the license, can also submit a proposal to the Agency for holding a public tender. Besides the interest of the publishers, the Agency must also take into account the available capacities when holding the public tender.