- a private audiovisual institution may be established by natural persons and legal entities;
- public authorities of any level, public law institutions financed from the state budget, political parties and formations, and enterprises and institutions specialised in the field of telecommunications may not be founders of a private audiovisual institution;
- a natural person or legal entity, domestic or foreign, may be an investor or majority shareholder, directly or indirectly, in no more than 2 broadcasters of different types.