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On 22 February 2013 Ofcom (Office of Communications), the UK broadcasting regulator, published its decision to fine broadcasting Licensee Biditis Ltd GBP 30,000 for a number of breaches of the Broadcasting Code. The case concerns the activities of Al-Alamia TV, owned by the licensee Biditis Ltd, which is a satellite broadcaster based in London and broadcasting at various times to southern Europe and the Middle-East. Al-Alamia hosted a beauty contest, Miss Arab London 2011 and broadcast an accompanying television series of the same name on 7, 14, 21, and 29 October 2011. The breaches of the Broadcasting...

It was one of François Hollande’s campaign promises. At the meeting of Ministers on 5 June 2013, the Minister for Culture and Communication submitted a draft framework law and draft legislation on the independence of the public audiovisual sector with a view to re-establishing the legislation in force before the reform of the audiovisual sector in 2009 (see IRIS 2009-4/14), by giving the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) once again the power to appoint the CEOs of the public-sector audiovisual companies (France Télévisions, Radio France and Audiovisuel...

On 21 May 2013, the Lov om ændring af lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed og lov om TV 2 (Act  amending the Broadcasting Act and the Act on TV2) has been adopted. In addition to other amendments, it reintroduces the ban on product placement in Danish media. There has always been a significant political opposition against product placement in Denmark. Even before the Directive for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMSD) was implemented into Danish law, product placement was formally banned completely. Practice, however, to some extent condoned product placement in programmes that were produced abroad. With...

The Central Election Commission (CEC) in its decision of 12 May 2013 found that the rerun of a political interview within the last 24 hours prior to the election day violates Art. 133 paragraph 6 of the Bulgarian Election Code. According to the law, the so-called day of reflection prohibits political campaigning throughout the day prior to the election and the election day itself. The proceedings of the CEC were initiated on 11 May 2013, when the political party “Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria” (GERB) lodged a complaint with the CEC regarding violations of the Election Code. The...

On 28 February 2013, during a news programme on RTBF, the French public broadcaster in Belgium, a news report was shown regarding an upcoming episode of RTBF’s programme “The Voice Belgique”. According to the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body- CSA) this report infringed Article 14, § 1 of the décret coordonné sur les services de médias audiovisuels (the Broadcasting Act) requiring that commercial communication must be readily recognizable as such. The CSA also argued that the report was in breach of Article 18, § 3 of the Act which prohibits the inclusion of self-promotion...