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On 27 February 2014, two decisions of the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the Rada pre vysielanie a retransmisiu (Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic) imposing a fine of EUR 12,000 and EUR 6,000 on a major Slovak commercial TV broadcaster for violating human dignity in TV broadcasting. Both fines were imposed with regards to episodes of the reality show “Extreme Families”; a preceding episode was already sanctioned by the Council for the same violation. This decision has also been confirmed by the Court (for more details see IRIS 2013-6/33). The Broadcaster...

On 19 March 2014, a decision of the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the Rada pre vysielanie a retransmisiu (Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic) imposing a fine of EUR 3,319 on a major Slovak commercial TV broadcaster for violating the rules on advertising. According to article 35 (3) of the Broadcasting Act, “when broadcasting a news programme or an audiovisual work, other than serial, series, documentary film, a programme for minors or a religious ceremony, the programme may be interrupted by the insertion of advertising or teleshopping once in every thirty-minute...

On 6 May 2014, the Supreme Court confirmed a decision of the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic (“Council”), in which the Council had imposed a fine of EUR 16,000 on the major commercial TV broadcaster for failing the obligation to broadcast only fair teleshopping. The Council received a substantial amount of complaints against interactive quizzes offering money prizes broadcast on various TV channels. The complaints habitually referred to these as a “fraud” and questioned the core practises of such programmes, e.g. premium rate telephone numbers (PRTN), encouraging...

On 25 March 2014, the Rada pre vysielanie a retransmisiu (Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic) delivered a decision that formally terminated the legal proceedings taken against a major commercial broadcaster. The strictly formal decision (with no reasoning since no sanction was imposed) was however adopted based on the judgment of the Supreme Court (“Court”) of 21 November 2013 which overruled the original decision of the Council in the given case. In its original decision, the Council imposed a warning to the major commercial broadcaster for breaching the obligation...

On 25 March 2014, the Rada pre vysielanie a retransmisiu (Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic) delivered a decision that formally terminated the legal proceedings taken against the public service broadcaster (PSB). The strictly formal decision (with no reasoning since no sanction was imposed) was however adopted based on the judgment of the Supreme Court (“Court”) of 26 September 2013 which overruled the original decision of the Council in the given case. In its original decision, the Council imposed a warning to the PSB for breaching the obligation to present a current...