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On 28 August 2013, the government of the Czech Republic approved the new Statute of the Státního fondu kinematografie (SFK - State Cinematography Fund). The SFK was created on 1 January 2013 pursuant to the Act No. 496/2012 Coll. on audiovisual works and promoting cinema and amending certain laws (see IRIS 2013-2/15). The SFK is the successor of the State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography, which was technically, procedurally and legally obsolete. The Act defines the purpose of the SFK, which is the support of cinematography. Support is provided in two ways: “film incentives”...

On 14 May 2013, the Czech broadcasting regulatory authority Rada pro Rozhlasové A Televizní Vysílání (Council for Radio and Television - RRTV) issued a Decree regulating certain characteristics of audio signal levels in advertising, teleshopping and sponsorship information on television. It is based on the stipulations contained in the Czech Broadcasting Act No. 231/2001 Coll. (see IRIS 2013-1/12) and specifies the requirements and technical aspects of the broadcasting audio signal. According to the Decree, the television broadcaster shall ensure that the level of the audio signal of advertising,...

On 26 October 2012, the Parliament of the Czech Republic adopted the new Act on the Support of the Cinematography (the Act). The purpose of the Act is the creation of an institutional basis for the development of resources to finance selected projects in Czech cinematography. The Act regulates the conditions for the support of Czech cinematography, deriving from the Czech State Fund for Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (the Fund). The provision of resources to individual projects is conducted by the Council of the Fund (the Council), which is an independent collective body. Its members...

The Parliament of the Czech Republic approved an amendment of the Broadcasting Act concerning the increased volume of commercials compared to the rest of television programming. For a long time, the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting (the Council) has received a wide range of complaints from viewers dealing with increased commercial sound volumes during the broadcasting of commercials. According to the amended Broadcasting Act, it is the responsibility of the Council to authoritatively intervene in any case of significant volume increases during television advertising. Previously, the...

On 18 July 2012, the Czech Parliament adopted the Act No. 275/2012 Coll., amending Act No. 127/2005 Coll. on electronic communications (the Electronic Communications Act) and some related acts. The Electronic Communications Act transposed Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and implemented Directive 2002/58/EC (the "Directive on privacy and electronic communications") into the Czech legal order. On 26 March 2010 a group of 51 Members of...