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After monitoring the labelling of feature films broadcast on prime time television in February 2008, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national electronic media authority – CNA) found several violations of the rules on the protection of minors. On the basis of the relevant investigative reports, it imposed appropriate sanctions for breaches of the classification criteria set out in the Codul CNA de Reglementare a Conţinutului în audiovizual (CNA regulatory code for audiovisual content) at its public meeting on 27 March 2008. The broadcaster Kanal D was fined RON 2,500 (approx. EUR 680),...

The territorial inspection teams of the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council – CNA) have established in the last few months that a relatively large number of cable network operators, especially in rural areas, are distributing television channels without reaching a prior agreement with the programme providers. According to a recent CNA press release, a company in Voluntari, a locality close to Bucharest, is said to have set a rather dubious record with the illegal transmission of 54 television channels (piracy). Cable providers in the counties of Vrancea, Vâlcea and...

Following a decision taken by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national council for electronic media in Romania - CNA) at its meeting on 22 January 2008 ( Decizia CNA privind obligaţia distribuitorilor de servicii de programe de a aduce la cunoştinţa publicului sancţiunile aplicate de Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului ), cable network operators and all “providers of broadcast programmes” in the audiovisual sector ( “distribuitorii de servicii de programe” ) sanctioned by the CNA are obliged to inform the public of the subject matter and reasons for the sanction using the wording set...

On 1 January 2008, a new amendment to the Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual (Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content) entered into force. It was adopted by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (regulatory authority for electronic media - CNA ) via Decision No. 1105 of 20 December 2007 (see IRIS 2008-1:17). The amendment concerns the rules set out in Art. 138 concerning advertising for food products aimed at children. As before, Art. 138 stipulates that medicinal properties of food products and food supplements ( suplimente alimentare ) must not be mentioned in advertising; (para....

In a recommendation dated 22 August 2007, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA), the Romanian regulator for the electronic media, expressed its concern that sports news in Romanian television programmes, including the programmes of the public broadcasters, often contained reports on violence in football stadiums and aggressive statements and examples of vulgar behaviour by fans. “The excessive media coverage of these rare but regrettable occurrences is leading to their dominating the total time available for sports news.” The CNA accordingly issued a reminder...