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Seven days after receiving the application, the Bulgarian Комисията за защита на конкуренцията (Commission on the Protection of Competition - the Commission) ruled on the acquisition of the TV channel Kanal 3 by the powerful Нова Българска Медийна Група Холдинг ЕАД (New Bulgarian Media Group Holding EAD). According to the decision, the acquisition does not fall within the scope of the Protection of Competition Act and therefore does not raise any concerns. Bulgarian law contains no specific provisions on media concentration. All mergers in the media field are therefore judged under the Protection...

On 30 July 2015, the Bulgarian media regulator, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), decided that the agreement between the Director General of the public service radio broadcaster BNR and the private broadcaster ‘Web Radio and TV OOD’ concerning the distribution of five of the latter’s radio stations via the BNR website infringed Bulgarian law. This decision will also have a significant future impact on public service television because the relevant provisions also apply to Bulgarian National Television (BNT). On 17 July 2015, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) launched a new live streaming platform...

On 20 July 2015, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) remembered its position of March 2014 against television advertising which relies on direct and naturalistic suggestions. At its regular meeting on 25 March 2015, the Council for Electronic Media discussed the psychological effects on the audience of television advertising of products intended to solve physiological and hygienic problems (like sanitary napkins, cleaning products, and antifungal, anti-cystitis, anti-prostatitis, anti-dandruff, anti-diarrhoea medicinal products, etc.) relying on direct and naturalistic suggestions. Discussions...

On 7 April 2015 the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) prepared a report on the results of the monitoring of the television channel "PRESS TV". The monitoring found that the recordings of the flooding of the town Kazanlak were presented correctly. On 1 February 2015, the town of Kazanlak was flooded and local media showed how the municipality was dealing with the situation. The event was also covered by a journalist from the television channel "PRESSTV". In a personal conversation, the Mayor of the town complained to a prosecutor from Kazanlak. She said that the television channel "caused panic"...

In a judgment issued on 23 April 2015 as part of the Commission’s infringement proceedings against the Republic of Bulgaria (case C-376/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:266), the Court held that Bulgaria had infringed its obligations under Authorisation Directive 2002/20/ЕC, Framework Directive 2002/21/ЕC and Directive 2002/77/ЕC on competition in the markets for electronic communication networks and services when granting licences to two multiplex operators. In its judgment, the Court confirmed the alleged breaches of the EU directives. The action had been brought by the European Commission after Bulgaria failed...