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As part of its duty to protect children and young people, conferred on it by Article 15 of the Act of 30 September 1986, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) ensures not only the protection of young viewers but also the protection of minors taking part in television programmes. On 17 April 2007 it therefore adopted a deliberation on the participation of persons under the age of 18 in television programmes other than works of fiction (see IRIS 2007-6/17). This text reaffirms the need for young people to be able to express their opinions, and requires editors...

On 23 March 2011, the Bayerische Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Bavarian Administrative Court - BayVGH) endorsed the decision to restrict the broadcast times of two episodes of the programme "MTV I want a famous face" to between 11pm and 6am, thereby upholding the appeal of the Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (Bavarian Centre for New Media - BLM) on youth protection grounds (see IRIS 2009-10/8). The decision followed a complaint by the provider of the MTV music channel against the broadcast time restriction imposed by the BLM for several episodes of the “MTV I want a famous face” series, which...

On 11 April 2011, the Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije (Communications Regulatory Agency) launched a public consultation on several revised regulatory documents, most prominent of which are the Draft Code on Audiovisual Commercial Communications and Commercial Communications in Radio Media Services and the Draft Code on Audiovisual and Radio Media Content. The revision principally aims at bringing the existing regulation into line with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). A two-tiered approach to the regulation of audiovisual media content has been established. In addition,...

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) adopted on 24 February 2011 a new Audiovisual Content Regulatory Code (Audiovisual Code; Decision 220/2011), which replaces the previous one (see inter alia IRIS 2007-4/30). At the same time, the Romanian Parliament began debating a draft project to change and complete the Legea Audiovizualului nr. 504/2002 (Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002) proposed by several MPs. The project, severely criticised by the CNA, is intended to merge the Audiovisual Law with most of the provisions of the 2006 Audiovisual Code. The...

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is to permit paid product placement on Irish television. Authorization of product placement will extend to all television services: community, commercial, and public service broadcasters. The decision follows a public consultation process, which was completed in January this year and carried out by the BAI pursuant to s.44 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 (see IRIS 2009-10/18). Product placement is to be included in the BAI’s revised General and Children’s Commercial Communications Codes, which will be published shortly and will take effect from Monday, 2...