Search results : 1513

The terms of reference governing the activity of the national programming company France Télévisions was amended by decree on 26 December 2014. The text begins by amending the appendix for animation works on the scope of the rights so as to take into account the most recent professional agreement between France Télévisions and representatives of animated film producers, which was reached on 27 May 2014. This agreement provides that animation series are to be available free of charge on Pluzz, France Télévisions’ catch-up TV portal, for seven days. During the broadcasting rights period, three episodes...

In a ruling of 25 September 2014 (case no. 6 U 111/14), the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt am Main Court of Appeal - OLG) decided that the advertising slogan for a mobile phone tariff, “Immer Netz ... hat der Netzer” (the network never fails the networker), was not a misleading statement for the purposes of Article 5(1)(1) of the Gesetz gegen unlauteren Wettbewerb (Act against Unfair Competition - UWG) concerning the essential characteristics of a service. The defendant, a telecommunications company, had advertised its service as follows: “Immer Fisch hat … der Fischer. Immer Glas...

On 18 November 2014, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority - CvdM) imposed a EUR 160,000 penalty on TV10 B.V (Disney) for exceeding the maximum advertising time on the commercial broadcasting channel Disney XD. The maximum time for broadcasting commercials or teleshopping programmes on television is 12 minutes per hour, according to Article 3.8 of the Dutch Media Law (Mediawet 2008). Disney repeatedly exceeded this time by up to 15 minutes and 59 seconds of advertising during the months of November and December 2013. Disney admitted exceeding the time, but claimed that the violations...

The Broadcasting Authority has published a Consultation Document to amend the Broadcasting Code for the Protection of Minors. The Code, in its current format, has the defect of concentrating mainly on the protection of minors from the viewpoint of advertising, while barely dealing with other aspects of protection of minors in the broadcasting sector (see IRIS 2010-7/29). The current Code also doesn’t address the participation of minors in various programmes. As the remit of the Code is being extended, the Broadcasting Authority in its Consultation Document is proposing to alter the title of the...

The latest amendments to the Act on Public Procurement (Законот за јавни набавки), which are, at the end of the year 2014, in second reading before Parliament, allow the state and public institutions to advertise in the media without the possibility of a public bidding for the benefit of competitors in the media and advertising markets. The amendments to Article 2 of the Act on Public Procurement widens the existing exceptions of public procurement for the so-called “political advertising areas”, allowing the government, as well as other state and public institutions and agencies, to use public...