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On 23 July 2012, the European Commission announced that it had written to Portugal, Slovenia, Finland (concerning the region of Åland) and the United Kingdom (concerning Gibraltar) to seek information on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive. In 2011, the European Commission had already sent fact-finding letters to twenty-four member states (including Finland and the United Kingdom). The European Commission is looking for clarifications on the following issues: the country of origin principle and jurisdiction issues; audiovisual commercial communications; the protection...

On 6 July 2012,  the Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament) adopted the Act on Cinema and Audiovisual Media, which defines a set of State principles for the development and protection of the art of cinema and of audiovisual activities. This document will modify the Portuguese framework for the cinema and audiovisual sector, as established by Law no. 42/2004, of 18 August 2004. The main amendment introduced by this Act relates to the financing model of the sector. It aims to increase the sources of funding, including the direct involvement of television broadcasters. Moreover, it defines...

The list of public interest events that must be broadcast by national terrestrial open access television channels was published on 22 March 2012 in the official Portuguese news bulletin, Diário da República (2ª Série, nº 59, Parte C). Amongst the twelve topics that compose this list, seven specifically refer to football (matches from different championships, namely the Portugal Cup and the Europe League) and the other are related to other sport events: cycling (the Portuguese tour on bicycle around the country, which is called Volta a Portugal em bicicleta), hockey, handball and basketball both...

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...