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On 7 February, the Conseil d’Etat delivered an interesting decision, recalling that anyone may refer a failing on the part of an operator to the national audiovisual regulatory body (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) with a view to the CSA ordering it to comply with its obligations. In the case at issue, a militant environmentalist notified the CSA of a number of failings he felt had been committed by the company Radio France with regard to the rules on broadcasting advertising messages laid down in Articles 32, 34 and 42 of its terms of reference which, at the time, did not authorise the...

The White Paper on broadcasting in Catalonia issued by the Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya (Catalan Audiovisual Council, CAC), and presented in the Parliament of Catalonia, proposes a strategic plan to foster the sustainable development of the Catalan broadcasting system in the coming years. It achieves this by addressing the challenges of ensuring the economic sustainability of public media; consolidating the commercial content providers and making them competitive, particularly in the local sector; strengthening the cultural industries; increasing Catalan language in broadcasting overall;...

On 15 February 2017, the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) issued a warning to all broadcasters that were broadcasting an advertising spot that AMA considered political. The advertising spot was an announcement and a call for a protest that the largest opposition party had planned to hold in the capital on 18 February 2017. The AMA’s statement reminded all operators that based on Law 97/2013 “On Audiovisual Media in the Republic of Albania”, it is not allowed to broadcast political advertising spots. Such content is only allowed during electoral campaigns, based on the Electoral Code. More specifically,...

On 19 December 2016 Fox News - broadcast on the digital satellite platform and owned by Fox News Limited Liability Company - was found to be in breach of Rule 9.2 of Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code for insufficiently distinguishing between its editorial content and an advertising segment in its “Fox and Friends” programme. “Fox and Friends” is a weekday news and general discussion programme broadcast from New York between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. (EST) and simultaneously in the UK between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (GMT). Ofcom received a complaint concerning a “Fox and Friends” segment called “It’s Your Money” and...

On 30 November 2016, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) issued its decision concerning a television alcohol advertisement featuring a mixed martial arts (MMA) star. The decision sets out the ASAI’s approach to determining whether a sports star may be considered to have “hero/heroine of the young status”. The advertisement for Budweiser beer featured MMA champion Conor McGregor, walking through a Dublin housing estate, with a voice over “Dream as big as you dare”, and accompanied by the Budweiser logo. The advertisement included the text “Dream Big - Enter at BudDreamBig.ie, ROI...