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Refine your search| IRIS 2011-10:1/35 [PL] New Regime of Must-carry / Must-offer | |
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On 30 June 2011 the Polish Parliament enacted the Act on the introduction of terrestrial digital television. Most of its provisions entered into force on 10 August 2011, the remainder of the provisions on 26 August 2011. The Act establishes the mode of the introduction of DTT, the obligations of the operators of DTT multiplexes I and II (MUX 1 and 2) as well as the obligations of the broadcasters of programme services set on MUX 1 and 2 with regard to the public information campaign about DTT. The Act also contains significant changes to the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Law. One of these... |
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| IRIS 2011-8:1/40 [PL] Constitutional Tribunal Judgment on Fees for Granting Broadcasting Licences | |
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On 19 July 2011 the Constitutional Tribunal decided on the conformity of rules establishing the amount of the fee for granting a broadcasting licence with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Art. 40 para. 1 of the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992 (Dz. U. of 2011, Nr 43, item 226, with further amendments - BA) specifies that a fee shall be charged for awarding a broadcasting licence, irrespective of the fee for the use of radiocommunications equipment or the use of a frequency, provided for in the Act on Communications. Art. 40 para. 2 BA specifies also that the exact amount of such... |
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| IRIS 2011-8:1/39 [PL] Constitutional Tribunal Judgment on the Issue of Election Campaigns in the Media | |
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On 20 July 2011 the Constitutional Tribunal decided on the conformity of certain new rules on conducting elections and election campaigns, envisaged in the Act: Electoral Code of 5 January 2011 (Dz. U. Nr 21, item 112, with further amendments), with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland (case K 9/11). The judgment referred to various topics relating to organising elections (inter alia two-day elections, proxy voting, postal voting and single-member constituencies in elections to the Senate) and election campaigns (inter alia the question whether television and radio advertising, as well as... |
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| IRIS 2011-8:1/9 European Commission: Letters of Formal Notice on the Implementation of the Telecoms Package | |
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On 19 July 2011 the European Commission sent requests for information in the form of letters of formal notice, the first step in the process of an EU infringement procedure, to 20 EU member states. The member states in question, namely Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, have not yet notified to the Commission measures to implement the new EU Telecoms Package, formally adopted after two years of heated negotiations at the end of 2009... |
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| IRIS 2010-9:1/2 European Commission against Racism and Intolerance: Growing Emphasis on Internet Racism in New Country Reports | |
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On 15 June 2010, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released its latest reports on France, Georgia, Poland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (fYROM), adopted in the fourth round of its monitoring of the laws, policies and practices to combat racism in the Member States of the Council of Europe (for commentary on earlier reports, see IRIS 2010-4: 1/3, IRIS 2009-10: 0/109, IRIS 2009-8: 5/4, IRIS 2009-5: 4/4, IRIS 2008-4: 6/5, IRIS 2006-6: 4/4 and IRIS 2005-7: 3/2). The main recommendations dealing with the (audiovisual) media and/or the Internet in these reports... |