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On 2 March 2005 the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority - AGCOM) concluded the first analysis of the Italian broadcasting and advertising markets according to the Broadcasting Act no. 112/2004 (see IRIS 2004-6: 12) and adopted specific remedies to ensure pluralism in these markets. The proceeding was opened in October 2004 pursuant to art. 14 of law no. 112 and concluded that the concerned markets are still characterized by a duopolistic structure where RAI, RTI (controlled by Mediaset) and Publitalia (RTI's advertising agency) hold a position capable...

On 2 March 2005 the Italian Government signed a document of understanding containing specific guidelines aimed at enhancing the control of digital contents by redefining the tasks and obligations of operators and providers. The agreement, called “ Patto di Sanremo ”, from the city hosting the meeting, was signed by different ministries (among others the Ministries of Industry, Justice, Foreign Affairs and Education) on one side, and access providers, platform operators, producers and right-owners on the other. The “ Patto ” is founded on the “Digital Rights Management-Information Report”, a report...

On 10 December 2004, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority ­ AGCOM) adopted the Guidelines on the provision of pay-tv services in accordance with article 1, paragraph 6, lit. b), n. 2, of the Communications Act no. 249/97, charging AGCOM with the power to determine the general quality standards of the services in the communications sector and the content of the Chart of services. According to these Guidelines, any operator offering pay-tv services on terrestrial or satellite frequencies or via cable, both on subscription as with pre-paid cards, has to...

On 15 November 2002, the Republic of Italy and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” signed a film co-production agreement. The aim of the agreement is to improve the basic conditions for film co-productions between the two countries, irrespective of whether a fiction, animated or documentary film is involved. The agreement is based on the idea that co-productions help to promote economic and cultural exchange. It provides for a number of measures aimed at facilitating co-operation on co-productions. For example, Article 2 lays down that all co-productions falling within its scope are to...

On 16 November 2004, the Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato (Italian Competition Authority ­ AGCM) issued a report on the situation of the Italian television and advertising markets. The aim of the report was to monitor the functioning of the market during a transition phase towards digital terrestrial broadcasting, where some of the previously existing limitations to horizontal and diagonal concentrations have been eliminated by the recent law on broadcasting (see IRIS 2004-6: 12). Firstly, AGCM has monitored the commercial behaviour of advertising agencies, with particular reference...