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The Cypriot Law on the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights is a generic document that extends legal protection to all kinds of intellectual works. It was first introduced in order to comply with the provisions of two International Conventions ratified by the Republic, namely the Convention of Berne on the protection of literary and artistic works and the Convention of Rome on the protection of phonograms and broadcasting productions. Several amendments in the last decade aimed to harmonise the Law with the country's European Convention obligations. Specific reference to the conventions...

Due to the absence of any relevant provision in the law, it was not possible to grant an authorisation for a bingo television programme to a private television channel. This was the decision of the Supreme Court on an appeal of Sigma TV against a refusal of the Finance Minister to allow Sigma TV to carry a game show called "Telebingo". The broadcaster had applied for a bingo authorisation after the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, the public service broadcaster, was granted the right to carry the game show “Superbingo”. Sigma TV challenged the refusal of the authorisation on the grounds that it...

News bulletins of a duration of less than 30 minutes must not be interrupted by advertisement breaks. An amendment to Article 33 of the Radio and Television Stations Law 7(I)/1998 has put news bulletins on the list of programmes less than 30 minutes long, which must be free of advertisements and tele-shopping. These programmes include documentaries, current affairs, religious and children programmes. The amendment brings the law into line with the relevant provision of the Television without Frontiers Directive (Article 11, paragraph 5). The provision of the law in force before the current amendment...

Political parties and presidential candidates can place paid political advertisements on radio and television during the campaign period for parliamentary and presidential elections respectively. The amending law L.85(I)2006 of the Law on Radio and Television Stations of 1998, published in the official Gazette on 20 April 2006 provides that political advertising is allowed during the 40 days preceding the elections and must stop 55 hours before the start of voting. Their total duration can not exceed 100 minutes, which is limited to 30 minutes in the case of independent candidates to the parliament....

Television broadcasters are under an obligation to include in their programmes news bulletins for deaf persons. This is provided in the amending law L.84(I)2006 of the Law on Radio and Television Stations of 1998, published in the official Gazette on 20 April 2006. The special bulletins must be at least five minutes long and broadcast at least on half screen between 18:00h and 22:00h. Special bulletins for persons with hearing difficulties were broadcast on television channels long before the introduction of the above amendment of the law.