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On 22 March 2006, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian communications authority - AGCOM) adopted an Action Plan concerning the management of frequencies for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. The first aim is to amend the existing regulatory framework for the assignment of spectrum capacity on the multiplexes (see IRIS 2001-4: 9), according to which independent content providers benefit by law from a 40% quota of the DTT capacity available on the multiplexes managed by the different network operators. This is to be achieved by introducing a transparent selection procedure...

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recently made public five new reports as part of the third cycle of its monitoring process of the laws, policies and practices to combat racism in the Member States of the Council of Europe (for commentary on earlier reports, see IRIS 2005-7: 3). Four of the country reports (Cyprus, Italy, Luxembourg and the Russian Federation) contain specific recommendations concerning the media. A recurrent, two-fold recommendation entails the ECRI encouraging the State authorities to: - “impress on the media, without encroaching on their editorial...

Further to the adoption of a Legislative Decree (D. Lgs n. 28, 22 January 2004) establishing new provisions in the field of cinematographic works, ten Ministerial Decrees were adopted in order to implement these provisions. These Ministerial Decrees were aimed among others at establishing: 1) the rules for the institution of information lists on which Italian film companies (or companies from other EU Member States having a branch or an agency in Italy) must be registered as a condition for obtaining financial benefits; 2) the indicators and value system for the classification of the film companies...

The European Commission is set to investigate Italian measures, which in 2004 and 2005, provided grants, worth EUR 200 million, enabling consumers to buy or rent digital decoders which receive programmes in digital terrestrial technology. The subsidy is not technology-neutral because although it is also available for decoders using cable technology, it excludes decoders using satellite technology. Spurred on by two complaints emanating from terrestrial and satellite television operators, the Commission will look into the effects these incentives have on competition. In accordance with EC Treaty...

On 6 July 2005, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Communications Authority - AGCOM) decided the terms according to which RAI and RTI will have to choose the independent content providers that will benefit from the 40% quota of their DTT capacity until the complete implementation of the national digital frequency plan (see IRIS 2003-4: 9). This measure was adopted in order to implement one of the seven remedies that were decided after the conclusion of the first analysis on the Italian broadcasting and advertising markets according to the new Broadcasting Act no. 112/2004 (see IRIS...