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In May 2022, almost four years after the European Parliament updated Directive 2018/18018 (AVMSD), the Spanish Congress has approved the new law transposing the AVMSD. This was not without controversy, with 130 votes in favour, 83 votes against and 131 abstentions. The law will now be sent to the Senate to complete its parliamentary processing. This new Ley General de Comunicación Audiovisual (General Law on Audiovisual Communication) updates the existing framework to foster the development of the audiovisual market, establishing the same rules for different actors that compete for the...

In September 2021, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (National Markets and Competition Commission — CNMC), the body that promotes and ensures the proper operation of all markets, issued three reports analysing the conditions proposed by the National Professional Football League (LNFP) for selling the broadcasting rights of the Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, known as La Liga, both in Spain and in international markets. In the case of Spain, the providers Movistar and DAZN have the broadcasting rights for this world renowned championship for...

Streamers and content creators that offer their work in Spain using video-sharing platforms, such as YouTube or Twitch, could be considered audiovisual media service providers. In such a case, these creators, or so-called vloggers, would have to comply with the requirements set by the General Law on Audiovisual Communication (2010). The independent state body responsible for ensuring the proper functioning of the markets in Spain, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (National Markets and Competition Commission — CNMC), has published a public consultation on a...

Audiovisual media service providers, in order to guarantee the necessary cultural and linguistic diversity, and its reflection in audiovisual productions, must comply with the quotas established in the Law 7/2010 of 31 March 2010 on General Audiovisual Communication.The quotas are 5% of profits from the previous year for providers and operators of services of a private nature, and 6% for those of a public nature. Every year, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (National Markets and Competition Commission, CNMC)  analyses the compliance of audiovisual media service...

On 2 November 2021, the Council of Ministers adopted a Royal Decree-Law transposing into Spanish law Directive (EU) 2019/789 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, and Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive).   The Royal Decree-Law recognises a new related right for press publishers and authors. This is a right in its own right, held by publishers of press publications...