A Bosnian MP Sasa Magazinovic told N1 he suspects political background is behind state-owned BH Telecom’s decision to drop N1 from their Moja TV platform, leaving hundreds of thousands of users without the N1 program in just two days.

“I don't have any proof for the claim I'm about to make, but I'm convinced that what's happening with the cancellation of N1 TV at BH Telecom, among others, really has a political background,” Magazinovic said.

The contract between the company United Media, as the owner of N1 television, and the public company BH Telecom expires on August 31, and N1 learned that the negotiations on the extension of the contract are coming to an end without success. This means that BH Telecom subscribers will not be able to watch Novi Dan, Newsroom, Dan Uzivo, Dnevnik, Pressing, Izvan Okvira and numerous other contents that are at the top of the viewership on all platforms where N1 television is present, as evidenced by transparent viewership data according to TvBeat measurement. N1 is not only the most watched news television but also the most watched cable channel. All this indicates that BH Telecom's decision to turn off the N1 signal is not based on business, but on politics.

BH Telecom management’s announcement that it will drop N1 from its cable TV offer comes at a time before the start of the General Elections campaign in BiH, which raises many doubts and especially questions about who and why they are interfering with the freedom and independence of N1 television. Of particular importance is the fact that the management of BH Telecom are high-ranking members of the ruling Democratic Action Party (SDA) and the current general manager of BH Telecom, Sedin Kahriman, is also the president of SDA Sarajevo’s cantonal board. He is a close associate of party leader Bakir Izetbegovic and his wife Sebija.