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Article 5 of the Spanish General Law on Audiovisual Communication (Law 7/2010 of 31 March 2010) establishes a series of obligations relating to the promotion of European audiovisual works for television providers, electronic communication service providers broadcasting television channels and programme catalogue providers. According to this article, 5% of the revenues of these audiovisual providers must finance audiovisual works of various types (such as cinematographic films, films and television series, documentaries and animated series). To ensure this, the law establishes a system of quotas...

According to the latest Spanish Household Panel Survey, carried out by the National Commission on Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia – CNMC), the concern about the exposure of minors to audiovisual content that could be detrimental to their physical and mental development is very high in Spain. However, perceptions vary depending on the age of the child. On the one hand, in households having children between 0 and 6 years of age, the concern revolves around explicitly violent content. On the other hand, in those households that have teenagers...

The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has launched a consultation targeted at media outlets with the objective of identifying their needs in addressing their digital transformation and advancing cybersecurity issues. This will be achieved primarily by fostering a more secure relationship with consumers through digital platforms. The main topics media outlets are invited to comment on are the type of organisations that are part of the media sector (press and digital media, according to their activity, size and geographical distribution), the digital technologies...

The Spanish far-right political party Vox filed a complaint with the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) against Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the national public broadcaster, during the national election period of July 2023. The representative of VOX argued that the principles of impartiality and neutrality had been infringed by RTVE in the report entitled “Las noches romanas de Mérida” (“The Roman nights of Merida”). The complaint was based on certain statements referring to cancellations of cultural events in a number of Spanish villages after the...

The Spanish Video Game Association (Asociación española de videojuegos – AEVI) has launched its new yearbook ‘The video game industry in Spain in 2022’, which shows that the video game industry occupies a strategic place within the Spanish cultural and creative industries. After the previous growth experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic, during 2022 the video games industry in Spain grew by 12% compared to the previous year.  Both the reform of the Legal Deposit Law (Law 8/2022) and the implementation of the Spain Audiovisual Hub Plan are highlighted as...