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Despite the economic crisis, some segments of the Romanian electronic communications market continued to grow last year, according to the Statistical Data Report for 2009, presented by a high level representative of the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications, ANCOM) on 27 May 2010. As of 31 December 2009, the paid audiovisual programme re-broadcasting services sector counted 5,82 million subscribers, around 3% more than at the end of 2008. The penetration rate per household reached 79.4% (77.1%...

The Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (National Cinematography Centre - CNC) announced the results of its session concerning subsidies for cinematography projects for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2010 (organising of or attending domestic or international film festivals or fairs, support for cultural or cinematography education programmes, publishing of specialised works on cinematography, and other activities; see IRIS 2010-5: 1/34 and IRIS 2010-2: 1/30). The CNC granted subsidies for 21 projects and rejected 29 projects. The total amount of the subsidies is RON 1,896,290 (around EUR...

On 3 June 2010 the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media, CNA) imposed a 10-minute prime-time interruption in broadcasting on the commercial TV station Antena 1, as a sanction for its repeated breach of regulations concerning the protection of minors (see IRIS 2008-5: 17/27). Antena 1 was ordered to broadcast between 19.00 and 19.10 an announcement of the sanction issued by CNA for repeated breaches of the Audiovisual Law and of the Audiovisual Code in the show „Acces Direct” („Direct Access”). The Show is broadcast live from Monday to Friday between 17.00...

The Romanian Government adopted on 12 May 2010 a decision that regulates the switchover to digital television and enables the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) to start the procedures to award the first two licenses in this field (see IRIS 2010-3: 1/34). The Government decision regarding the granting of licenses for the use of radio frequencies within the digital television system modified the Government’s Decision no. 1213/2009 (HG 1213/2009), which approved the Strategy of transition from analogue terrestrial television to digital television and the...

On 26 May 2010, the plenary session of the Romanian Senate adopted the Ordonanţa de Urgenţă a Guvernului, OUG nr. 22/2009 (Emergency Government Decree no. 22/2009) in its original form, establishing the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM) (see IRIS 2009-5: 18/31). The European Commission had written to the Romanian government on 29 January 2009 informing it that infringement proceedings would be launched if legislative provisions in Romania jeopardised the authority's independence...