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On 21 July 2014 President Putin of the Russian Federation signed into law several federal statutes that amend certain important regulations of TV advertising. The Federal Statute “On amendments to Article 14 of the Federal Statute On Advertising” was passed by the State Duma on 4 July 2014. It prohibits commercials on encoded and/or pay television channels if these channels do not hold a terrestrial broadcasting licence or are not on the list of must-carry programmes (see IRIS 2013-6/31). The ban enters into force on 1 January 2015. The justification of the amendments was the need to stop unfair...

In summer 2014, the legislator in Hungary introduced a special tax. This special tax could significantly reshape the entire domestic media market. The advertising tax law, which entered into effect in mid-July, imposes a new levy on income from advertising. The range of subjects, who must pay this tax, is rather broadly defined. The new special tax has elicited protest by all market players. In addition to electronic, print and online press products, it also extends tax liability on outdoor and internet advertising. Pursuant to the legislative intent, the tax needs to be paid not only by companies...

On 2 July 2014, the British advertising industry’s self-regulatory body, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), reprimanded the electronic game manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA) for an advertisement for its “Dungeon Keeper” game. The “Dungeon Keeper” game is a so-called Freemium game, i.e. the game is, in principle, free, but players can acquire equipment, credits and so on, via in-app purchases in order to progress further in the game. The ASA acknowledged that, in principle, it was possible to complete the game without spending money. However, it would take much longer and limit gameplay...

In its decision of 28 July 2014, Ofcom, considered that ATN Bangla’s programme ‘Business Talk with Sufi’ had breached the Code of Conduct by using a factual current affairs programme for promotional purposes, as well giving undue prominence to the services of a restaurant being depicted in the programme without editorial justification for such detail. Pursuant to the Communications Act 2003, Ofcom has a statutory duty to set the standards for broadcast content for radio and TV, and this includes ensuring compliance with the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive which sets out the EU standards...

On 29 July 2014, at the end of a thorough investigation, the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel – CSA) found that the conditions for authorising the move from digital pay-TV to freeview requested by three channels (LCI – Groupe TF1, Paris Première – Groupe M6) and Planète Plus (Groupe Canal Plus) were not met. The channels are suffering a serious drop in income, which is generated mainly by the fees received from distributors offering the channels to their subscribers (CanalSat, Numericable, etc). The Act of 15 November 2013 amended Article 42-3 of the Act of 30 September...