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On 21 July 2026, Spain's Council of Ministers approved Royal Decree 607/2026, of 22 July, regulating the special employment status of artists, technicians and auxiliary personnel working in the performing arts, audiovisual and music sectors. Published in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado - BOE) on 25 July 2026, the new framework replaces Royal Decree 1435/1985, in force for more than four decades, and completes the modernisation process initiated by Royal Decree-Law 5/2022. Given the scale of the reform – the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy estimates...

The Madrid Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial de Madrid) has confirmed and partially expanded a judgment against Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia, finding that the repeated reuse of footage featuring a private individual over a period of more than fifteen years infringed her right to her own image and, in certain instances, her right to honour. The Court increased the damages awarded from EUR 40 000 to EUR 50 000 and ordered the broadcaster to remove the contested recordings from its platforms and avoid any further similar use. The case concerns a television interview broadcast by Antena 3...

The National Commission for Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia – CNMC), the authority responsible for ensuring that audiovisual media service providers comply with the obligations set out in the General Law on Audiovisual Communication (Ley General de Comunicación Audiovisual), has issued formal notices to five influencers for breaching the rules on the identification of commercial communications on social media. The decisions relate to several posts shared on Instagram and TikTok by Sofia Suescun, Tamara Gorro, Peldanyos, Samy...

In June 2026, Spain formalised a co-regulation agreement for the age classification of audiovisual programmes and content, marking a key milestone in the implementation of the General Audiovisual Communication Law (Ley 13/2022 General de Comunicación Audiovisual – LGCA). The agreement was signed by the National Commission on Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia - CNMC), the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service, and a broad range of stakeholders representing the Spanish audiovisual ecosystem. The initiative aims to reinforce...

On 12 February 2026, the Spanish National Commission for Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia – CNMC) adopted a decision concerning the identification of commercial communications in on‑demand audiovisual services. The regulator imposed a sanction on a national audiovisual media service provider for making available a programme containing disguised advertising, in breach of Article 122.3 of the General Audiovisual Communication Act (Ley General de Comunicación Audiovisual – LGCA). The case concerned a non‑linear audiovisual programme...