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On 19 July 2011 the European Commission sent requests for information in the form of letters of formal notice, the first step in the process of an EU infringement procedure, to 20 EU member states. The member states in question, namely Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, have not yet notified to the Commission measures to implement the new EU Telecoms Package, formally adopted after two years of heated negotiations at the end of 2009...

This case concerns a complaint by a broadcasting company regarding a number of decisions by the Cyprus Radio and Television Authority (CRTA) imposing fines on the company for violations of legislation concerning radio and television programmes in its broadcasts and the alleged unfairness of the related domestic proceedings. The breaches found by the CRTA concerned advertisements for children’s toys; the duration of advertising breaks; the placement of sponsors’ names during news programmes; product placement in a comedy series; news programmes that lacked objectivity or contained material...

The Republic of Cyprus is only days away from the digital switch-over on 1 July 2011 and is completing all necessary measures for a smooth transfer. Amendments of the Act on Radio and Television Stations L. 7(I)/1998 (Ο περί Ραδιοφωνικών και Τηλεοπτικών Σταθμών Νόμος), voted on by the House of Representatives in mid-April, providing for the procedures that radio and television organisations should follow in order to continue operation in the new environment. The amendments adopted were of a much narrower scope than those proposed in the draft Law (see IRIS 2011-5/11); in view of the urgent need...

An amendment to the Ο περί Ραδιοφωνικών και Τηλεοπτικών Σταθμών Νόμος (Law on Radio and Television Stations L. 7(I) /1998) is being studied, in an aim to extend its scope of application to cover audiovisual media services and respond to the new, digital environment. The amendment follows the adoption of an amending law incorporating provisions of the AVMS Directive into Cyprus legislation last December (see IRIS 2011-2/13). It appears also to be a necessary step in view of the digital switchover, set for 1 July 2011. A public consultation on the proposed changes is in progress (see IRIS 2010-3/13). According...

A transitional period and the vote of a new law that will govern digital television are the main elements of arrangements and processes that will lead to the digital switch-over in Cyprus (see IRIS 2010-9/16). An official announcement of the Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation (OCECPR) and the Cyprus Radio Television Authority (CRTA), addresses the main questions related to the digital switch-over. The announcement contains information on the rights, obligations and the role of the major actors, the operator of the commercial digital platform Velister...