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In light of the heaviest political crisis since the independence of the country, the four biggest political parties agreed on regulation of political advertising. According to many experts, political advertising severely influences the editorial policy of the media outlets, especially during elections. Based on the political agreement, which has been achieved with mediation by the European Union, the National Parliament amended the Electoral Code (Изборен законик) in order to ensure that the political parties will have equal access to the media during the early elections, scheduled for April 2016....

On 1 December 2015, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority - AGCOM) by means of Resolution no. 658/15/CONS approved the evaluation of the economic size for 2014 of the Integrated System of Communications (SIC), i.e. the economic sector consisting of daily and periodic press, annual and electronic publishing (also through the Internet), audiovisual media services and radio services, cinema, external advertising, initiatives of communications of products and services, and sponsoring. Based on this evaluation, for the year 2014 the overall value of the SIC...

The UK Communications Regulator, Ofcom, has for the first time imposed a financial sanction on a broadcaster for inadequate compliance procedures. International Television Channel Europe (ITCE) is a general broadcaster on the digital satellite platform, aimed at the Bangladeshi audience in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. A standard licence requires licensees to adopt procedures to ensure that their programmes comply in all respects with their licence conditions and to ensure that such procedures are observed, in particular by ensuring that there are sufficient qualified or trained staff to do so. In...

On 23 December 2015, the Law on Radio and Television Organisations of 1998 was amended. The goal of these amendments is the regulation of the participation of minors in advertising and teleshopping messages, as well as in television programmes, in order to ensure their interests and protect their rights. Amending Law N. 201(I)/2015 established general rules with regard to the participation of minors in commercial and other television productions, while the regulator, the Cyprus Radio Television Authority, is required to produce a code of conduct on the matter. More specifically, the following amending...

For 25 years the Commissariaat voor de Media (the Dutch Media Authority) has been the monitor of the Dutch media sector, seeking to safeguard its pluralistic and independent character. An annual report, called Mediamonitor, gives insights into the sector’s latest trends, media corporations and markets (for previous reports see IRIS 2015-1/34, IRIS 2011-5/35 and IRIS 2006-1/33). The latest report, published on 23 November 2015, mainly focuses on two themes: the independence of the media and the transparency of media institutions. Subsequently, it highlights some specific trends shown by contemporary...