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In 2009 and 2010, the Dutch public service broadcaster Omroepvereniging Tros aired the children's television series “Het Sprookjesboomfeest”. On 28 June 2011, the Commissariaat voor de Media (the Dutch Media Authority - CvdM), imposed a fine of EUR 120,000 for non-compliance with the Dutch Media Act, the Mediawet 2008 (Mw). According to the CvdM, Omroepvereniging Tros had infringed the principle of non-commerciality by being servant to the profits of commercial third parties (Article 2.141(1) Mw) and by acting in conflict with the sponsor rules for public service broadcasters (Article 2.89(1)(b)...

The Macedonian media regulation authority, the Broadcasting Council, adopted a Прирачник за оценување на медиумскиот плурализам (Guideline for assessing media pluralism), whose aim is to provide the Council with the tools required to adjust its decision-making process in order to foster media pluralism in the country. This document comes in response to the remark in the EU Commission’s Progress Report for 2012 where the Commission expressed “[...] widespread concerns about lack of pluralism and self-censorship [...]”. Moreover, the EU Commission points out that the intense governmental advertising...

On 6 February 2013, the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (Spain's antitrust authority - CNC) ruled that its Resolution of 28 October 2010 concerning the merger of TV broadcasters Telecinco and Cuatro had been breached and that Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A. (owner of Telecinco) had therefore committed a very serious infringement under Article 62.4.c) of the Spanish Competition Act 15/2007 of 3 July 2007. Accordingly, it fined Mediaset EUR 15,600,000 pursuant to Article 63.1.c) of that Act. On 28 October 2010, the CNC had approved the merger between TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro subject...

On 18 January 2013, after having consulted with the Bulgarian Drug Agency (BDA), the media authority Съвет за електронни медии (Council for Electronic Media - СЕМ) published a position on the sponsorship of media services by manufacturers or sellers of medicinal products. The CEM asked the BDA for an interpretation of a relevant provision of the Medicinal Products in Human Medicine Act (MPHMA). According to Article 244 para. (1) MPHMA, an advertisement of medicinal products is any form of information, presentation, promotion or offer with the aim of encouraging the prescription, sale or use of...

During the programme Café Corsari on één, a channel of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT, Seppe Smits, a snowboarder, was interviewed about the Snowboard World Cup in Antwerp. Seppe Smits was wearing a cap with the logo of his sponsor, Red Bull, and a t-shirt bearing the brand of another sponsor, Burton. During the interview with Seppe Smits and during two interviews with other guests, the Red Bull logo and the Burton brand were displayed several times. According to Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media (Flemish Media Regulator - VRM), this practice infringes Article 100, § 1, 3° Mediadecreet (Flemish...