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On 30 April 2010 the Provisional Government of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted a Decree on establishing the Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic, which entered into force immediately. The Provisional Government by its own decree No. 1 of 7 April 2010 took upon itself the power of the parliament and the president of the republic, thus its decrees can be considered as national statute law. The Decree of 30 April ordered the transformation of the State-run National TV and Radio Corporation into the “Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic” (PBC)....

On 20 April 2010 the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) published the summary of the consultation it had embarked on in June 2009 concerning the regulation of on-demand audiovisual media services. The text lays down general guidelines, with details of interactive applications and the associated data for television and radio services, the procedures for authorising the new services, and interactive advertising. One of the topics concerns catch-up TV and the way it is made available to the public. To promote its development, the CSA has decided to authorise the...

In two decisions handed down on 9 and 14 April 2010, the Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed the qualification of Google Vidéo and Dailymotion as hosts for sites storing audiovisual content in cases brought by the rightsholders of a film (“Le Monde selon Bush”) and of sketches (by the comedians Omar and Fred) who complained that their works had been put on line without their authorisation. These decisions have been awaited with interest, since they come after the Tiscali decision handed down by the Court of Cassation on 14 January 2010 (see IRIS 2010-2: 1/16), which attracted much comment. The...

The Czech Parliament recently adopted a law regulating audiovisual media services. This implementation of the European Directive on Audiovisual Media Services in the Czech Republic took place by means of a new Law on Audiovisual Media Services on Demand and substantial amendments to the Law on Radio and Television Broadcasting. The general objective of the regulation of audiovisual media services on demand is primarily to establish non-discriminatory access to all providers of audiovisual media services (i.e., broadcasters and providers of audiovisual media services on demand) and the protection...

On 22 March 2010, the Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media (Flemish Regulator for the Media) twice rapped the commercial broadcasting organisation SBS Belgium over the knuckles for breaches of various rules on advertising. In the first decision, the Algemene Kamer (General Chamber) considered an allegation made by its research group according to which SBS Belgium had infringed the rule that the share of television advertisements and teleshopping advertisements may not exceed twenty percent of or 12 minutes per each clock hour (Article 81, §2 of the Media Decree). The total share of two advertising slots...