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The Cypriot Parliament is discussing a law proposal aiming at stopping all forms of advertising on Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου (RIK - Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation), the sole public service broadcaster transmitting four radio and three television stations. The proposal was submitted in May 2013 by the ruling party Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός (DISY - Democratic Rally). If the law is adopted, no radio or television advertising would be allowed in RIK’s prorgrammes as of 1 January 2014. The proposed act would amend the περί Ραδιοφωνικού Ιδρύματος Νόμος (Chapter 300A on Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation...

In July 2013, two years after the switchover to digital television (see IRIS 2011-5/11), private television broadcasters were threatened that they would go off-air because of financial straits of the network operator Velister Ltd. Velister is a consortium of the major Cyprus broadcasters and two internet and cable television services providers (see IRIS 2010-9/16). After a long period of consultation between the authorities, the broadcasters and Velister Ltd, according to media reports, the Council of Ministers decided in early August 2013 to examine the possibility of granting Velister an extension...

In June 2013, the Act amending the Act on Radio and Television Stations (L. 7(I)/1998) was adopted by the House of Representatives (L. 46(I)/2013, Official gazette, 14.06.2013, pp. 297-300). Its purpose is to enable the Radio and Television Authority to extend temporary licences, granted in 2011 to broadcasting organisations and AVMS providers, by up to one year. The licences geanted so far were due to expire on 30 June 2014. The extension was necessary in view of an outstanding implementation of the Act for full harmonisation with the relevant European Directives, according to which permanent...

At the start of the new sports season the issue of television sports rights is currently on the public agenda: competition by broadcasters and television service providers for the acquisition of transmission rights is affecting prices and access by the public. Today's fragmented offer requires households to invest in multiple subscriptions in order to follow live sport events. On the other hand, a monopoly that existed before 2007 allowed the football federation to attribute exclusively, and almost eternally, transmission rights to one broadcaster. Decisions by the Commission for the Protection...

The Republic of Cyprus switched over to digital television transmission on 1 July 2011 and all broadcasters ceased their analogue transmissions. According to the Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications and Postal Services, the operation was successful thanks to the close co-operation of public services, broadcasters and digital networks operators. A period of concurrent digital and analogue transmissions that lasted for several months allowed all actors to adapt and provided a smooth passage to the new era. The procedure for the digital switch-over essentially started in 2007 and...