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The City Court of Prague dismissed the action of the company UPC against a decision of the Chairman of the Council of the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU). The Chairman of the CTU decided to impose a fine on UPC for the neglect of its duty to inform its customers about new prices pursuant to section 63, paragraph 6 of the Electronic Communications Act. In May 2012, UPC increased the price for the use of its modems, started charging for the use of set-top-boxes, and increased the monthly fee for providing internet services, without informing their customers of the changes. Consequently denying...

In its monitoring report of June 2015, the Czech Telecom Office (CTU) announced that it has fined the M7 Group, which operates the DTH platforms Skylink and the CS Link, CZK 9.5 million (EUR 350,660) for failing to inform the regulator about the commencement of its activities in the country. The Czech law requires the providers of electronic communication services to register the start of their activities with the CTU. The Group M7 is one of the major service providers of electronic communications in the Czech Republic. Its services are distributed by Astra and received by one tenth of the country’s...

On 23 October 2014 the Parliament of the Czech Republic approved an amendment to the Copyright Act. The amendment fulfills obligations for the Czech Republic’s membership in the European Union. Namely, the extension of the term of protection of property rights of performers in their artistic performances recorded on sound recordings, and property rights of phonogram producers for their records. Furthermore, the introduction of appropriate accompanying measures in favor of performers (annual supplementary remuneration, the right to withdraw from the contract and the right to remuneration), and the...

The TV broadcaster “FTV Prima” was unsuccessful in a long legal dispute about the publication of photos of a thirteen year old boy, one of the supporting actors in the so-called “Kuřimská” cases. On 25 June 2014, the Supreme Court upheld a judgment that has awarded the boy compensation of 100,000 CZK. The broadcaster “FTV Prima” referred in his objections to the right to news reporting, but the Supreme Court assumed that the real goal of the publication of the photos was denigration or defamation. The so-called “Kuřimská” case is probably the most famous case of brutal treatment of children in...

In its resolution of 14 July 2014, the widened chamber of the Supreme Administrative Court upheld the legal interpretation of the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting (Council) in dispute regarding legal issues concerning the warning according to Article 59 paragraph 1 of Act No. 231/2001 of the collection of laws on radio and television broadcasts. Article 59 of Act No. 231/2001 states: (1) If a broadcaster or re-broadcaster breaches any obligations set out herein or any conditions stipulated in the licence granted to such a broadcaster or re-broadcaster, then the Council shall warn such...