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In a decision dated 12 January 2017, the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg (Autorité Luxembourgeoise Indépendante de l’Audiovisuel, ALIA) found that CLT-Ufa had violated its obligations regarding the impartiality, objectivity and accuracy of reporting in relation to its programme RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. Due to the small size of the Luxembourg audiovisual market, there is no genuine public service broadcaster; however, CLT-Ufa has been put in charge of certain public service missions laid down in a licensing agreement and in the accompanying book of obligations (cahier de charges) concluded...

On 1 July 2015, the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg (Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel, ALIA) issued a decision concerning a radio programme transmitted in Luxembourg. The complaint was initiated by ALIA’s Director and brought to the Board of Directors as the result of a self-referral procedure, provided for by Article 35sexies (3) of the Luxembourgish Law on Electronic Media (Loi des medias électroniques - LEM) (see IRIS 2011-2/31), which sets out that ALIA can on its own initiative investigate an alleged breach by any provider of an audio and audiovisual media...

On 2 February 2015, the Government of Luxembourg adopted the Grand-ducal regulation setting the amount and modalities for a tax collected by the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg for supervision of audio and audiovisual media services (Règlement grand-ducal fixant le montant et les modalités de paiement des taxes à percevoir par l’Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel en matière de surveillance des services de médias audiovisuels et sonores). The Grand-ducal regulation details the fees to be paid by providers of sound and audiovisual media service providers falling...

Accompanying the adoption of the new Act on the Luxembourgish support scheme for the audiovisual sector (see this IRIS issue), a Grand-Ducal regulation was adopted, on 4 November 2014, which entered into force on 5 December 2014. The Grand-Ducal regulation on the execution of the Act of 22 September 2014 on the national fund for the support of audiovisual production (Règlement grand-ducal portant execution de la loi du 22 septembre 2014 relative au Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle) - hereinafter the regulation - lays down the conditions, criteria and modalities for receiving...

On 22 September 2014, the Act on the national fund for the support of audiovisual production (Loi relative au Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle - FNAV Act) was adopted. It was published in the Luxembourg official journal (Mémorial) on 10 October 2014. The FNAV Act substantially modifies the Luxembourgish support scheme for audiovisual works, which had existed for more than two decades. Until the entry into force of the FNAV Act, the promotion of the Luxembourg film sector took two forms, both of which were administered under the umbrella of the Luxembourg film fund: In 1988,...