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While the competition for the new Director General of the public television channel in Latvia is still going on (see IRIS 2002-4: 8), the discussion on the role of the public service media heightens. A group of private media seized the chance by writing a letter addressed to the President, the Prime Minister, the National Radio and Television Council, political parties and various mass media, stating that according to the existing legislation a public service media organisation may sell advertising time well below the market price. As the authors of the letter pointed out, the public Radio and...

In mid-April the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BA) again rejected the Draft Law on Public Service Broadcasting (PBS) in BA. If it had been approved, the next and final step would have been the BA-Parliament, the House of Peoples (Upper House) and the House of Representatives (Lower House). The Draft Law was rejected because of certain issues such as the appointment of members of the advisory bodies, and their mandate. The core provisions were not disputed. The Draft Law is composed of 77 articles, 2 parts, and the following 11 sections: General Provisions, Subscription Fee, Programming,...

On 21 February 2002, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (CNA), which monitors the electronic media in Romania, published a Decision "on the amendment and completion of Audiovisual Council Decision no. 65/2000 on the application of rules on advertising, teleshopping and sponsorship in the electronic media". The proposed amendments mainly deal with self-promotion and teleshopping: "Self-promotion is not profitable and is strictly limited to the publicising of certain programmes to be shown by the broadcaster concerned or by any other broadcaster owned by the same licence-holder. It is not...

In the context of the thorough re-examination of the ethics of advertising and following the recommendation "on the image of the human person" last October, the Bureau de Vérification de la Publicité (Advertisement Board - BVP) - a professional self-regulatory institution involving both advertisers and agencies - presented its new "Child" recommendation on 14 March. The previous recommendation in this area dates back to 1975, and some of its provisions have been supplemented and updated, particularly as regards the provisions concerning decency and dignity, which now go beyond merely preventing...

The Parliament of the Czech Republic passed the Act Amending the Act on the Regulation of Advertising and on the Amendment to the Act on Radio and Television Broadcasting ('the Act"). The aim of the Act is to implement into Czech law the provisions of the European Directives concerning advertising. The Act defines advertising as an announcement disseminated by communications media, intended to promote business, including, but not limited to the production, consumption or sale of goods, construction, lease or sale of property, assignment or use of rights or obligations, support for the provision...