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On 17 June 2010 President Serzh Sargsian of Armenia signed into law the statute “On Introducing Amendments and Supplements to the RA Law ‘On Television and Radio’”. The document was adopted by the National Assembly (parliament) in the final second reading on 10 June 2010. The draft law was elaborated on by the Ministry of Economy and was justified by the need to switch from analog to digital broadcasting. This is the latest set of amendments to the broadcasting statute of Armenia (see IRIS 2010-5: 1/6 and IRIS 2008-1: 7/6). The amendments introduce a new text into the whole broadcasting statute,...

The EU’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has adopted an Opinion on data protection law as applied to behavioural advertising. In its Opinion, it gives legal guidance on legal issues related to the tracking of internet users when they surf the net. Amongst other issues, it addresses the permissibility of the use of cookies and it clarifies the legal responsibility of online content and advertising network providers under European data protection laws. Behavioural advertising involves the tracking of internet users’ online behaviour in view of the targeting of advertising to internet users...

On 1 June 2010, the European Union Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive was transposed in its entirety into Maltese law. This was done through eight different pieces of legislation. The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act, 2010 - Act No. IV of 2010 - was enacted by Parliament and published in the Malta Government Gazette of 4 June 2010. This law entered into force on 1 June 2010 in accordance with Legal Notice 320 of 2010, the Commencement Notice of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Act. Whilst Act No. IV of 2010 transposed several of the AVMS Directive’s rules, certain other provisions of the Directive...

As reported previously (see IRIS 2009-10: 16/22) Latvia is planning to adopt a new Electronic Media Law which is intended to transpose the AVMSD. The Electronic Media Law (Draft) is not the first draft intended to replace the 1995 Radio and Television Law currently in force. As media laws have traditionally been a widely discussed topic among the Latvian public, the previous attempts have been unsuccessful. Also, the progress of the Draft in the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) is far from smooth. However, it may be hoped that this draft will be adopted, as otherwise Latvia may face severe consequences...

The UK Competition Commission, the country’s main competition authority, has decided that the Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) undertakings required of ITV1, the largest commercial broadcaster, are to continue. The undertakings were imposed by the Competition Commission and the Secretary of State after the merger of Carlton and Granada in 2003 to create a single ITV plc. They reflected concerns about the effect of the enhanced market position of the new company on competition in the sale of television advertising airtime. The undertakings allow buyers of advertising airtime to roll forward their pre-merger...