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On 16 January 2012 the Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeal of DVBT (a group of seven companies led by Insat Electronics that support the networks of television Pro.bg and radio Express, Darik and FM+) against the choice of the Latvian company Hannu Pro to build up a so-called public multiplex (see IRIS 2010-8/16). The public multiplex will distribute the programmes of BNT and BNR from October 2013 (see IRIS 2009-7/5). DVBT ranked second in the competition conducted by the Communications Regulation Commission with a score of 0.3 points lower than Hannu Pro. According to the company's...

On 25 October 2011, the Council for Electronic Media and the State Agency for Child Protection drew up criteria for the assessment of content that is adverse to, or potentially damages, the mental, moral and/or social development of children, in compliance with Art. 32, para. 5 of the Radio and Television Act. The following requirements are among these criteria concerning the programme content of media: 1. Elements of the programme content that may have an adverse impact or create a risk of harm to children, should be located in programme zones where children are not supposed to be the attracted...

One of the most discussed topics among Bulgarian film industry experts at the beginning of 2011, was the declaration as unconstitutional of the amended Art. 17 of the Film Industry Act (Закон за филмовата индустрия Обн. ДВ. бр.105 от 2 Декември 2003г), which regulates the value of the State subsidy for film production in Bulgaria by the Constitutional Court (see IRIS 2011-5/8). Up to the end of 2011 the Bulgarian Parliament did not revoke the new wording of Art. 17 of the Film Industry Act and the big question for all was what would be the amount of the State subsidy for producing Bulgarian films...

In November 2011, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) issued a report on the monitoring of the pre-election campaign in Bulgaria for the election of the president and vice-president as well as of mayors and municipal councilors. The CEM has considered 19 television programmes, four of which pertain to the National Television Broadcaster (BNT). The overall review of the results indicates the following forms of political propaganda presented in television programmes: videos, chronicles, debates, discussions, interviews, addresses, business cards, reports and messages. The CEM has made the following...

According to the latest amendments to the Bulgarian Copyright Act of 25 March 2011 all collecting societies active in Bulgaria during the last five years had to submit an application to the Minister of Culture for new registration in compliance with the new requirements of the law (see IRIS 2011-5/9). The term for applying expired on 25 May 2011, but the tariff for the fees due to the Ministry of Culture for the new registration was prepared by the Council of Ministers and entered into force in July 2011. On 27 October 2011 the Minister of Culture issued the first certificates under the new rules...