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On 4 July 2016, the Malta Communications Authority published a consultation document entitled “Review of Must-Carry Obligations”. The aim of this consultation document was to gather feedback from the public on the review of the television broadcast networks subject to must-carry obligations, by 8 August 2016. Currently, must-carry obligations apply only to the sole digital cable television network operator. This is because, in 2013, the cable operator was no longer required to carry analogue television channels on its cable television network. Essentially, what the Malta Communications Authority...

On 7 February 2012, in Smash Communications Limited v. Broadcasting Authority et al, decided by the Civil Court, First Hall, the Court concluded that the present system established in the Broadcasting Act regulating the imposition of administrative sanctions by the Broadcasting Authority was in breach of the principle of natural justice nemo iudex in causa propria (no person may be a judge in his/her own cause; see IRIS 2012-5/33). The defendants (the Broadcasting Authority and its Chief Executive) appealed this decision and on 24 June 2016 the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment. The defendants...

The Malta Film Commission has launched the 2016 ‘Guidelines for Applicants’ whereby prospective applicants can benefit from grants totalling  EUR 250,000. The Malta Film Fund has the following main objectives: to encourage the creation of quality productions; to support Maltese filmmaking talent that demonstrates long-term potential; to preserve and promote Maltese cultural and linguistic diversity through qualifying productions; to develop the artistic scope, quality and dissemination of Maltese qualifying productions; and to strengthen films as a cultural product and Malta as a production location. Eligible...

The Broadcasting Authority has issued a consultation document on good practices and the wearing apparel to ensure hygiene, health and safety during cooking programmes. The Consultation Document proposes new regulations which the Authority is recommending should be approved by it in order to regulate cooking programmes. In all, twelve proposals have been launched for public discussion. The Broadcasting Authority suggests that, whenever a person is cooking during a programme, such person has to ensure that s/he complies with hygiene standards, as well as those standards related to health and safety....

The Broadcasting Authority has published a Consultation Document to amend the Broadcasting Code for the Protection of Minors. The Code, in its current format, has the defect of concentrating mainly on the protection of minors from the viewpoint of advertising, while barely dealing with other aspects of protection of minors in the broadcasting sector (see IRIS 2010-7/29). The current Code also doesn’t address the participation of minors in various programmes. As the remit of the Code is being extended, the Broadcasting Authority in its Consultation Document is proposing to alter the title of the...