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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...

The Council of Ministers of the Government of Cyprus decided on 5 September 2018 to ban the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), the public service media provider, from airing paid commercial advertising and engaging in telemarketing. At the same meeting, the Council of Ministers amended the relevant provision in the State budget and increased the grant to the CyBC in order to compensate for its loss of income from advertising and telemarketing. There is no indication in the announcement about the date on which the decision will take effect or whether any relevant amendment or law will be forwarded...

The Swiss Government has granted a new licence to the Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation - SRG) for the 2019-2022 period. The licence imposes more stringent requirements concerning the public service provided by the broadcaster. It comes barely six months after the referendum on the popular initiative entitled “Yes to the abolition of radio and television licence fees (abolition of Billag fees)”, which had called the SRG’s future into question. The initiative had been overwhelmingly rejected on 4 March 2018, with 71.6% of voters opposed to it. However,...

More initiatives to modify the Audiovisual Law No. 504/2002 with further modifications and completions were partly rejected and partly approved by the Romanian Parliament (see, inter alia, IRIS 2013-3/26, IRIS 2014-1/37, IRIS 2014-7/29, IRIS 2014-9/26, IRIS 2015-10/27, IRIS 2016-2/26, IRIS 2016-10/24, IRIS 2017-1/30, IRIS 2017-7/28, IRIS 2018-6/30). On 7 May 2018, the Romanian Senate (upper chamber of the Parliament) rejected a draft law for the modification of the Audiovisual Law No. 504/2002. The decision of the Senate is final. This draft law had already been rejected earlier by the Chamber...