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The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has published a revised General Commercial Communications Code and a revised Children’s Commercial Communications Code. The two revised Codes came into effect on Monday, 2 May 2011. The codes replace the BCI General Advertising Code and the BCI Children’s Code respectively (see IRIS 2010-1/30). The codes update the standards that must be met by radio and television advertising, sponsorship, product placement and other forms of commercial communications broadcast within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland. The new codes give legal effect to the...

The Communications Act 2003 prohibits political advertising on television or radio; this includes advertising which attempts to influence public opinion on a matter of public controversy or to promote the interests of a party or a group organised for political ends. An advertisement had been placed on seven radio stations by the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland relating to the Hillsborough Castle Agreement. The Agreement allowed the devolution of policing and justice functions to the Northern Ireland Executive. The advertisement featured the First Minister...

The Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) received an application from a television channel on the admissibility of referrals to the pages dedicated to its programmes on a number of social network sites under the regulations on advertising. Indeed happens frequently that a television channel or radio station refers viewers or listeners to the pages devoted to its programmes on a number of social networks including Facebook, or invites them to react on the Twitter social network. In a decision adopted on 12 April but not made public until 27 May, the CSA replied...

The Republic of Cyprus is only days away from the digital switch-over on 1 July 2011 and is completing all necessary measures for a smooth transfer. Amendments of the Act on Radio and Television Stations L. 7(I)/1998 (Ο περί Ραδιοφωνικών και Τηλεοπτικών Σταθμών Νόμος), voted on by the House of Representatives in mid-April, providing for the procedures that radio and television organisations should follow in order to continue operation in the new environment. The amendments adopted were of a much narrower scope than those proposed in the draft Law (see IRIS 2011-5/11); in view of the urgent need...

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) published on 18 April 2011 its Annual Report for the year 2010 (see inter alia IRIS 2010-1/38 and IRIS 2010-9/34). The CNA awarded in 2010 a total of 102 audiovisual licenses (four for radio, 17 for television and 81 for electronic communications networks), 40 audiovisual licenses were extended (35 for radio, five for television) and 57 transferred. In 2010 the Council imposed 388 sanctions, including 142 fines, for audiovisual legislation infringements. The sanctions amount to RON 1,923,000 (EUR 456,800). The...