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On 27 January 2013, a national referendum will be held in Bulgaria regarding the question of development of nuclear energy in Bulgaria i.e. the construction of a new nuclear power plant. The Bulgarian public broadcaster Българска национална телевизия (Bulgarian National Television - BNT) is obliged to broadcast an informative and explanatory campaign for the referendum. To that end, a tariff has been published ("Official Gazette", issue 103, 28/12/2012 Decree № 335 of 20 December 2012). It determines the rates of compensation for the Bulgarian National Television in view of the referendum coverage...

On 21 December 2012, the Законът за държавния бюджет на Република България за 2013 г. (State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria Act 2013) was promulgated in the "Official Gazette", Issue 102. The Act points out the state subsidy which will be provided for the public national broadcaster Българска национална телевизия (Bulgarian National Television - BNT). The sum amounts to BGN 70,128,000, which equals an amount of EUR 35.7 million. According to Art. 70, para. 4 of the Закон за радиото и телевизията (Radio and Television Act - RTA), the State subsidy shall: 1. be provided for the preparation, creation...

On 3 December 2012, the Administrative Court of Sofia City confirmed the decision of the first-instance court which anulled the fine of the Ministry of Culture for infringement of an independent film producer’s copyright. Parts of a film protected by copyright had been used in the programme broadcast by the Bulgarian National Television (BNT). The facts of the case are as follows: The production company Manifactura EOOD (Manifactura) was contractually bound with the BNT. According to the contract, Manifactura is obliged to produce episodes for the programme BuntArt on a weekly basis. The episodes...

On 1 November 2012, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) published a report on the proportion of European works in Bulgarian television broadcasting for the year 2011. Article 16 of the Directive for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMSD) requires broadcasters to reserve a majority proportion of their transmission time, excluding the time appointed to news, sports events, games, advertising, teletext services and teleshopping, for European works. Article 17 AVMSD requires broadcasters to reserve a minimum proportion (at least 10%) of their transmission time, excluding the time appointed to news,...

In regard to the application of Articles 16 and 17 of the Directive for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS Directive), respectively Article 19a of the Bulgarian Radio and Television Act (RTA) for 2011 on the quota of European works in programmes of the linear media services providers, the members of the съвет за електронни медии (Council for Electronic Media (CEM)) adopted a report in the beginning of November 2012. The summary for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2011 contains data about 47 television programmes with national coverage and 28 linear media services providers. A letter of request...