Duna Médiaszolgáltató (DMSZ) is Hungary’s sole public service broadcaster, established on July 1, 2015, and headquartered in Budapest. While DMSZ carries the formal designation of a public service broadcaster, analysts describe it as a shell entity under effective government control, whose CEO holds no functional autonomy. The network has been strongly criticized within the EU in recent years as a pro-government outlet indicative of a general slide in media freedoms in the country. DMSZ was created through a merger of four previously separate public media entities — Magyar Televízió (MTV), Magyar Rádió (MR), Duna TV, and the news agency Magyar Távirati Iroda (MTI) — under reforms carried out during the third government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (2014–2018). The broadcaster currently operates six television channels — including its flagship generalist channel Duna and the news channel M1 — seven radio stations, the MTI news agency, and online services. The broadcaster is also a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).