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On 14 November 2011, the report of the Working Group for the definition of the concept of public service broadcasting was delivered to the Deputy and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Miguel Relvas. In accordance with the programme of the XIX Portuguese Constitutional Government, the formation of this Working Group is authorised under the political commitment to pay attention to changes introduced by technology, as well as from the understanding that it is indispensible to define and rethink the concept of public service covering the three areas still under State supervision: radio, television (RTP)...

On 25 July 2011 the Portuguese government officially revoked the special rights it held in several publicly quoted companies, including the oil company Galp, the energy group EDP and the operator Portugal Telecom (PT). The government was under an obligation to revoke such rights as part of the terms of a EUR 78 billion plan to save the country from bankruptcy. The special rights given to the 500 action of category A (golden share) held by the Portuguese government were revoked by a vote in favour of 99% of the actionists present that day. A Golden Share is a position hold by the State in a company...

On 24 August 2011, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) delivered to the Parliamentary Commission of Ethics, Citizenship and Communication a requirement for the audition of four persons in the framework of media regulation and the performance of the ERC Regulatory Council during the past five years. The Regulatory Council is the main body of the Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social (media regulatory authority - ERC). The main objective is to provide information regarding the new model for media regulation and the mandate for the first Regulatory Council. Amongst the names for these auditions...

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...

According to the Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), the regulator, supervisor and representative of the communications sector in Portugal, digital terrestrial television covers currently about 87% of the population, while the remainder is serviced via satellite. The switch-off plan for analogue television broadcasts in the transition to digital terrestrial television adopted by the ANACOM (which is coordinating the process of transition) is due to be concluded by 26 April 2012 and it is expected to be implemented in three phases, i.e., on: “12 January 2012, for transmitters/relays providing...