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On 4 October, French Member of Parliament Aurore Bergé submitted to the National Assembly forty proposals for “a new regulation on audiovisual communication in the digital era”. The proposals are the result of a fact-finding mission conducted since February by MPs on the Cultural Affairs Committee. The first major section of the report is devoted to combating piracy. It proposes that the competence to impose fines be given to the Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection de la Création sur Internet (High Authority for the Broadcasting of Works and the Protection of rights on...

The Rady pro rozhlasové a televizní vysílání (Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting, RRTV) as the central administrative authority for radio and television broadcasting, decided on 18 September 2018 to fine the advertiser Vetrisol for breach of duty pursuant to section 5d(2) of Act No. 40/1995 on the Regulation of Advertising and on Amendments to Act No. 468/1991 on radio and television broadcasting pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (4) (a), Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The aforementioned provisions provide that food information may not attribute...

In July 2018, the Dutch Media Authority (CvdM) and the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) published a joint study on digitization and fake news. The ACM and CvdM both monitor the media. The ACM ensures that consumers are well informed and fights unfair competition, and the CvdM’s primary task is to protect the freedom of information by ensuring pluralism, accessibility and the independence of the Dutch media. The study was prompted by the rapidly changing media landscape and the increasing number of possibilities to disseminate fake news. Combining their expertise, the two organisations...

Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, in separate decisions concerning the prominent display of the Rolex logo during the coverage of the qualifying laps for the Formula One (F1) 2016 Singapore Grand Prix, held that Sky Sports FI HD (Sky) was not in breach of Rule 9.5 Code of Conduct concerning the prominent display of a product, service or trade mark during a programme; however, Ofcom held Channel 4 in breach for the undue prominent display of the Rolex logo during their edited highlights programme. Sky and Channel 4 were licensees of the F1 coverage with Formula One Management Limited (FOM)...

Reforming audiovisual regulation is one of the Ministry of Culture’s main priorities after the summer break. According to insiders, Minister for Culture Françoise Nyssen is hoping, in the next few months, to finalise a text for discussion by Parliament in the first half of 2019. On 11 September, the French national audiovisual regulatory authority (the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - the CSA) unveiled its “twenty proposals for reforming audiovisual regulation”. The first task, according to the CSA, is to broaden the scope of the regulations by incorporating video-sharing platforms, social...