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On 6 July 2012,  the Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament) adopted the Act on Cinema and Audiovisual Media, which defines a set of State principles for the development and protection of the art of cinema and of audiovisual activities. This document will modify the Portuguese framework for the cinema and audiovisual sector, as established by Law no. 42/2004, of 18 August 2004. The main amendment introduced by this Act relates to the financing model of the sector. It aims to increase the sources of funding, including the direct involvement of television broadcasters. Moreover, it defines...

On 11 May 2012 the Latvian Competition Council (CC) adopted an eagerly awaited decision on the merger clearance application submitted by Latvia’s two largest commercial television broadcasters, TV3 and LNT. The decision permitted the merger, but subject to strict conditions. The merger proposal involves the full acquisition of the LNT group companies by the MTG group. MTG is a Swedish broadcasting group, represented in Latvia by TV3 Latvia, which owns the largest commercial free-to-air television channel TV3. MTG also owns Viasat, which is acting both on the wholesale level by offering Pay-TV channels,...

On 7 March 2012 the Second Chamber of the Regional Administrative Court of Latium referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling on the question as to whether Directive 2010/13/EU (the AVMS Directive) and EU primary law should be interpreted as precluding the asymmetric hourly advertising limits for pay-tv operators provided by Italian law. The so-called Romani Decree, adopted by the Italian Government to implement the AVMS Directive (see IRIS 2010-4/31), includes a number of provisions having no exact match in the AVMS Directive. In particular, Article 38, para. 5, of...

Three years after the adoption of the Act of 5 March 2009 on audiovisual communication, and with France’s new Government announcing reform of the public-sector audiovisual scene, it is worth noting the publication of a report by Senators David Assouline and Jacques Legendre on behalf of the commission for supervising application of legislation. On the basis of the preparatory work for the Act, and after hours of debate and hearings, the rapporteurs have highlighted the objectives set out in the 2009 Act and compared them with the results actually achieved. There are comments on nearly all the measures...

On 20 June 2012, the Act amending Act on Yleisradio Oy and Act on the State Television and Radio Fund was adopted by the Finnish Parliament. Yleisradio Oy (YLE) is Finland's national public service broadcasting company. YLE operates four national television channels and six radio channels and services complemented by 25 regional radio programmes. YLE is 99.9 % state-owned and is supervised by a Supervisory Board appointed by the Parliament. It operates under the Act on Yleisradio Oy. Until the end of 2012, its activities are financed by the television license revenue. The annual television license...