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Refine your searchIRIS 2015-3:1/6 [BG] Legislative amendments for a transparent and competitive media landscape | |
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On 23 January 2015, the Bulgarian Government adopted a programme for the stable development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2014-2018 period. One of the priorities as outlined under paragraph/section 18.1, which concerns the media landscape, is the: "[d]evelopment of a public landscape and legislation that guarantee media independence and pluralism as well as transparency and public disclosure of media ownership and media supervision". The Government's aim over the next four years is to adopt legislative amendments that will help "to achieve a transparent and competitive media landscape". The... |
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IRIS 2015-2:1/7 [BG] 2015 budget on financing of broadcasting, media supervision and film aid adopted | |
On 19 December 2014, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted the 2015 State Budget Act, which regulates, among other things: state financing of public service broadcasting, the media supervisory body (Council for Electronic Media), and Bulgarian film-making. Despite strong opposition, particularly from public service broadcasters who also boycotted the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Media, Parliament approved the cut in budgetary funding for public service broadcasting and the Council for Electronic Media without any amendments. The state budget is the primary source of funding... |
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IRIS 2015-1:1/43 [BG] Supreme Administrative Court sets aside Competition Commission’s decision | |
The Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Bulgaria has set aside the decision of the Competition Commission (Pешение № 898 от 10.07.2014 г.) and the decision of the Director-General of Bulgarian National Television (BNT) in favour of issuing a public invitation to tender for the establishment of BNT’s audience share (Решение № ЗОП-01-10/20.05.2014 г.). After its Director-General had taken his decision, BNT issued the public invitation to tender for the following: “Establishment of audience shares and monitoring of television advertising, as well as the initialisation and maintenance of... |
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IRIS 2015-1:1/8 [BG] Regulator publishes activity report for first half of 2014 | |
On 31 October 2014, the Bulgarian regulator, the Council for Electronic Media, published the report on its activities for the first half of 2014. During the period in question, the Council for Electronic Media reported 69 infringements, ten more than in the second half of 2013. In 68 of these cases, the Bulgarian Broadcasting Act had been infringed. Fines were imposed against 24 audiovisual media service providers, 42 companies that only distribute audiovisual content and three radio stations. The cases essentially involved four types of infringement. Some of the cases concerned breaches of provisions... |
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IRIS 2015-1:1/7 [BG] CEM Report on the 2014 National Parliament Elections | |
On 21 October 2014, the Council for Electronic Media (“CEM“) presented its report on the 2014 National Parliament elections. In its report, the CEM concluded that, in more significant television programmes on a variety of audiovisual media service providers (like bTV, Nova, TV 7 and News 7) paid political advertising dominated in comparison to the non-paid agitation forms. According to the CEM report, the dominating broadcast presence of the little parties, coalitions and initiative committees during the election period was stimulated by media packages, which were paid by the government. With regard... |