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The Spanish Intersectoral Commission against offences of intellectual property rights, which was called into life last October by Royal Decree1228/2005 (see IRIS 2005-10: 12),was definitively set upon 23 November. The ceremony marking its constitution took place at the National Library and was presided by the Spanish Minister of Culture. The creation of this Commission is one of the measures announced by the Spanish Government's Integral Plan against Piracy (see IRIS 2005-6: 12), and its objective, among others, is theoperational coordination between the Public Administrations and the different...

On 13 October 2005 the Royal Decree 1228/2005 setting up the Intersectorial Commission on the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights entered into force. The creation of this Commission is one of the measures included in the Integral Plan of the Spanish Government against Piracy, which was adopted on 26 April 2005 (see IRIS 2005-6: 12). The Commission's main objective is to coordinate operations among the public administration, organisations defending Intellectual Property Rights and organisations defending social interests, who together will carry out studies and activities aimed at implementing...

The Government has recently presented a new Bill on public service Radio and TV to Parliament. This Bill has been inspired by the report prepared by the Council for the Reform of State-owned Media, created by the Government in April 2004, and which delivered its final report in February 2005. The Bill defines public broadcasting service at a national level. This service would be provided by the ` Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española ' (Spanish radio and television corporation - Corporación RTVE), a public entity which would manage two companies, ` Sociedad Mercantil Estatal Televisión Española...

At the meeting of the Council of Ministers of 29 July 2005, the Spanish Government approved a package of measures that redefines the landscape of Terrestrial TV in Spain, and, in particular, of Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV). Spain was one of the first countries in Europe to launch DTTV (1999), but the commercial failure of Quiero TV (the pay-TV company that managed three and-a-half of the five available national DTTV multiplexes) paralyzed this process. Now the Government has redistributed the available spectrum, by means of a new Decree on the National Technical Plan on DTTV, which abrogates the...

The Spanish Parliament has approved a new Act on the promotion of digital terrestrial TV, which also includes some provisions related to cable TV and media concentration. This new Act partially amends some previous Acts: - Act 31/1987, on the Regulation of Telecommunications: The new Act establishes the sanction that must be imposed upon broadcasters that provide TV or radio services without having been granted a concession prior to broadcasting (art. 25 of the Act 31/1987). The new Act also amends the ownership limits in the radio sector (Sixth Additional Provision of the Act 31/1987): a natural...