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On 9 July 2014, the Portuguese Parliament approved Act no. 40/2014 which introduces, for the second time, changes to the Television and On-Demand Audiovisual Services Act - Law no. 27/2007 (see IRIS 2011-4/30 and IRIS 2011-6/25). These modifications alter the programme-content obligations of the public service broadcaster RTP 1 (Rádio e Televisão Portuguesa). Under the new provisions, the law requires the broadcaster to include programmes that enhance the following areas: education, health, science, research, the arts, innovation, entrepreneurship, interculturalism, the promotion of gender equality,...

The 67^th Cannes Festival provided an occasion for French cinema to develop its presence outside its national borders. Two conventions aimed at promoting French cinema worldwide were signed on 18 May 2014 by Aurélie Filippetti, Minister for Culture, and Fleur Pellerin, Secretary of State with responsibility for foreign trade. The first, signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development and the Centre national de la cinématographie et de l'image animée (National Centre of Cinematography - CNC), in conjunction with the Institut Français and Unifrance Film, involves...

On 16 December 2013, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice published a decision (Ruling no. 15/2013, File no. 124/11.9GAPVL.G1 -A.S1, 3rd Section, dated 13 November) which states that additional speakers connected to a television in commercial public spaces, with the intention of amplifying the sound, do not constitute a new use of the work and therefore do not require further permission of authors. According to the decision, the use of autonomous sound expansion devices on radio or television is not a re-transmission of the broadcast work, meaning that it does not require an extra authorization...

Specific regulations implementing the new Law for Cinema and Audiovisual Media (see IRIS 2012-7/33) were published in the official news bulletin, Diário da República, and all the legal requirements detailed in these documents are in force since the end of February 2013. The law came into force in October 2012, though much of its content depended on the adoption of specific regulations. These regulations stipulate the fees applicable to operators in the field of investment in cinematographic and audiovisual production (referring to ICA, the Portuguese Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Media),...

The Portuguese National Communications Authority (ANACOM) has announced the extension of the application period concerning the subsidy programmes for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) decoders. Following this decision, applications can be submitted until 31 December 2012 to PT Comunicações, the global telecommunications operator leader in Portugal. There are two types of support programmes available, one for the installation of the reception system of DTH (Direct to Home) and the other for DTT kit reimbursement. On the one hand, reimbursements are of EUR 47 for anyone living in places where...