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The Second Instance (Revisional) of the Supreme Court decided that the appointment of a member of the Cyprus Radio Television Authority entered into force with the notification letter addressed to the appointee. Thus, the absence of that member from the deliberation process that ended up with the sanctioning of ANT1 channel for breaches of the law made the composition of the Authority unlawful; as a result, the Court cancelled the Authority’s decision against ANT1. The facts of the case are as follows: a member of the Radio Television Authority resigned in July 2005 but was reappointed by the Council...

On 13 January 2014, the Supreme Court of Cyprus rejected the appeal of a presidential candidate against the public service broadcaster for “not granting a candidate treatment equal to the three main candidates”. The rejection was reasoned with the recourse’s lack of purpose and the candidate’s failure to prove a vested interest. The decision followed an injunction issued before the presidential elections in February 2013. The plaintiff was candidate to the presidential elections. She filed a recourse against a decision of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου - RIK), the...

A bill sent to the House of Representatives by the government proposes extensive amendments to the Law on Radio and Television Organisations that regulates commercial services of broadcasters. The bill was long expected in order to adjust the Act to aspects of the new media - i.e. a fully digital environment - and to further harmonise the Act with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2010/13/EU (AVMSD). According to the Explanatory Memorandum attached to the proposal, better harmonisation with the AVMSD is sought, in particular with relation to Articles 2(4), 4(8), 5(1)(d), 6, 9(1)(f), 10(1),...

Along with amendment proposals for commercial radio television organisations (see IRIS 2013-10/13), another draft law is aimed at harmonising the Law regulating the public service broadcaster Ραδιοφωνικό Iδρυμα Κύπρου (RIK - Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation) with the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU). In addition to the audiovisual media services of RIK, the amendments also concern radio regulation. The amendments regulate the following - Categories of goods and services, for which television advertising is prohibited during specific timeframes. - Rules about the...

In June 2013, a deputy of the Cypriot party Κίνημα Οικολόγων Περιβαλλοντιστών (KOΠ - Ecological and Environmental Movement) submitted a law proposal to the Cyprian Parliament aiming at prohibiting exit polls during election days and their dissemination on radio and television. The prohibition on exit polls and their coverage applies to all elections, be they at municipal, national or European level. The public broadcaster and all other radio and television broadcasters are banned from screening or transmitting the results of any exit polls that directly or indirectly refer to elections. Offenders...