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The Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) sent a “serious warning” to the channel Canal+ Sport further to the repeat showing on 8 November 2010, between 12 noon and 6 p.m., of the broadcast of a tennis match during which the name of a brand of beer appeared 195 times for an aggregate time of 24 minutes, 34 seconds, contrary to the ban on all advertising or promotion of alcoholic beverages provided for in Article L. 3323-2 of the Public Health Code and Article 8 of the Decree of 27 March 1992. The CSA also found fault with the channel that the bank partnering the...

At a special conference held on 6 April 2011, the Prime Ministers of the Länder approved the draft amendment to the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Gambling Agreement - GlüStV), which is currently valid until the end of 2011. A key aspect of the draft is an experimental clause, valid initially for seven years, under which seven national sports betting licences will be granted. The extent to which the objectives of the licensing system have been achieved will be evaluated five years after it comes into force. The licence fee will be 16.66% of all stakes. Licence-holders must undertake not...

On 11 April 2011, the Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije (Communications Regulatory Agency) launched a public consultation on several revised regulatory documents, most prominent of which are the Draft Code on Audiovisual Commercial Communications and Commercial Communications in Radio Media Services and the Draft Code on Audiovisual and Radio Media Content. The revision principally aims at bringing the existing regulation into line with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). A two-tiered approach to the regulation of audiovisual media content has been established. In addition,...

In a decision of 31 March 2011, the Austrian Bundeskommunikationssenat (Federal Communications Senate - BKS) submitted questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) as part of the preliminary ruling procedure concerning the interpretation of Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (Television without Frontiers Directive). The case before the BKS concerned the depiction of a couple dancing from the left to the centre of...

The Turkish Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and their Broadcasts (Law No. 3984 of 20 April 1994; see IRIS 2008-8/34) has been repealed by a new law that was adopted by the Turkish Parliament on 15 February 2011 and entered into force on 3 March 2011. The new law was prepared with the intention of solving current problems the Turkish media sector has been facing. It contains completely new provisions alongside articles that repeat related provisions of the repealed law. The most important changes may be summarised under the following four titles: 1. The Turkish Media...