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The British regulator, Ofcom, has upheld complaints in a significant decision relating to advertising breaks in the series `Lost' broadcast by Channel 4. A number of viewers and one television company had complained about the amount of advertising and the placement of commercial breaks in the imported US series. The net length of each episode, without breaks, was around 41 minutes; it was however placed in a 65 minute slot. It contained three advertising breaks, usually of 3 minutes 50 seconds each with a longer end break of 5-7 minutes. In addition, sponsor credits and programme trailers were...

According to a survey by the Gemeinsame Stelle Programm, Werbung, Medienkompetenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Joint body on programming, advertising and media competence of the regional media authorities - GSPWM), the rules on isolated advertising spots are, in most cases, complied with by German private broadcasters. After random checks on 15 private TV broadcasters, the GSPWM found that isolated spots are mainly broadcast in the form of split-screen advertising. This system, in which the screen is divided into an advertising section and a programme section, is admissible under Art. 7.4 of the...

On 29 August 2005 the Public Television of Azerbaijan started broadcasting on a regular basis. It was established by the Statute “On public television and radio broadcasting” signed into law by President Ilham Aliyev on 28 September 2004. On 5 November 2004 the President of Azerbaijan issued the Decree on implementation of the Statute. These Acts established legal and organizational guarantees of functioning of public broadcasting. The Statute includes 6 chapters and consists of 26 Articles. It provides for the aims and principles of public broadcasting, the legal status, the rights and duties,...

On 13 December 2005, the European Commission published its proposal for an amendment to the Television Without Frontiers Directive (89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC). On the grounds that new technologies in the transmission of audiovisual media services have made it necessary (1) to take into account the impact of structural change and technological developments on business models, especially the financing of commercial broadcasting, and (2) to ensure optimal conditions of competition for European companies and services in the information technology and media industries, the proposal...

In 2001, amendments to the Bulgarian Закон за радиото и телевизията (Radio and Television Act, see IRIS 2002-2: 3) were introduced by the Parliament. According to these amendments the operators broadcasting their programmes through cable or satellite became subject to a registration regime. However, the new provisions were added only in the licensing and registration section of the Radio and Television Act, but were not reflected accordingly in the section concerning the status of the electronic media. In November 2005, new amendments of the Radio and Television Act were adopted by the Parliament...