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On 1 December 2010, the Government of the Czech Republic adopted a new concept for the support and development of the Czech film industry for the period 2011-2016. The concept’s objectives are: - to strengthen and uphold the values of Czech film culture; - to develop the Czech film industry in order to make it internationally competitive; - to increase the economic potential of the film industry and to create jobs; - to establish a functioning system for the financial support of the Czech film industry; - to create a legal basis for these objectives, in conformity with EU law; - to promote the...

On 20 September 2010 the public discussion on the Draft of the new Media Act - 1 (Zakon o medijih - 1, osnutek) was closed. The Draft Media Act implements the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which changes the definition of media. New categories are introduced: audiovisual media services and audiovisual media services on demand. Besides, the Directive defines and incorporates in its provisions the novel concepts of editorial responsibility, providers of audiovisual media services, audiovisual commercial communication and product placement. After the media and expert comments of the Draft a...

With the Loi du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification de la loi modifiée du 27 juillet 1991 sur les médias électroniques (the Law of 17 December 2010 Amending the Modified Law of 27 July 1991 on the Electronic Media, Electronic Media Law 2010) and eight accompanying Regulations of the same day, Luxembourg has finalised the transposition of the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive and updated one of its main media-related acts. After a first step amending the advertising rules in a Regulation of 2008, the new law and regulations align the Luxembourgish rules for audiovisual media services with...

With two decisions delivered on 30 December 2010, the Conseil d’Etat rejected the requests made by M6 for the cancellation of the decisions adopted by the Autorité de la Concurrence (competition authority) and the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) authorising the acquisition by TF1 of the entire capital of the AB Group, in order to gain control of the terrestrially broadcast digital channels TMC and NT1. On 16 January 2010, the competition authority had validated this concentration operation, on condition that the parties made a number of undertakings, required...

In December 2010 two new legal Acts in the media field were adopted by the Estonian Parliament. First, the Media Services Act replaces the old Broadcasting Act and reconciles Estonian media regulation with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). Following the spirit of the AVMSD, the Media Services Act in principle takes a more liberal approach to advertising restrictions, while the broadcasting licensing procedure is also simplified. Regarding media regulation, the Media Act encourages a self-regulation model. Only if self-regulation fails, are executive powers invited to exercise their...