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On 14 May 2010, a bill for the amendment of the Radio and Television Act (RTA) was introduced in the National Assembly. The amendments were provoked by programmes on the private national terrestrial television “Nova”, in the format “Big Brother Family”, in which children of some of the families were admitted into the house. The participation of juveniles in those programmes was the subject of harsh criticism by the National Assembly Commission for Education, Science and the Issues of Children, Youth and Sports. A proposal for the introduction of a new clause into the RTA has been made: “Article...

On 17 June 2010, the Austrian Nationalrat (national assembly) adopted amendments to the Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (Federal Constitutional Act), KommAustria-Gesetz (KommAustria Act - KommAustria-G), Telekommunikationsgesetz (Telecommunications Act), Verwertungsgesellschaftengesetz (Collecting Societies Act), ORF-Gesetz (ORF Act - ORF-G), Privatfernsehgesetz (Private Television Act) (now known as the Audiovisuelles Mediendienste-Gesetz - Audiovisual Media Services Act - AMD-G), Privatradiogesetz (Private Radio Act) and Fernseh-Exklusivrechtegesetz (Exclusive Television Rights Act - FERG). The decision...

On 17 June 2010 a new Film Act was adopted in Latvia. This is the first primary legislative act governing the film industry, production and regulation in Latvia. Previously, the area was not regulated by any comprehensive legal act. Certain issues were regulated by secondary legislative acts: Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 588 of 26 July 2005 "The regulation of the State agency National Film Centre (NFC)"; Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 487 of 20 November 2001 "Regulations of the film distribution"; Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 429 of 10 June 2008 "The Order...

The Digital Economy Act received royal assent on 8 April 2010 and came into force (with the exception of certain sections which were granted immediate effect) on 8 June 2010. The Act is intended to regulate digital media and, to a large extent, implements the legislative proposals of last summer’s Digital Britain report (see IRIS 2009-8: 14/20). The Act includes provisions relating to the UK’s communications infrastructure, public service broadcasting, copyright licensing and online infringement of copyright, as well as security and safety online and in video games. Most of the provisions of the...

On 3 June 2010 the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media, CNA) imposed a 10-minute prime-time interruption in broadcasting on the commercial TV station Antena 1, as a sanction for its repeated breach of regulations concerning the protection of minors (see IRIS 2008-5: 17/27). Antena 1 was ordered to broadcast between 19.00 and 19.10 an announcement of the sanction issued by CNA for repeated breaches of the Audiovisual Law and of the Audiovisual Code in the show „Acces Direct” („Direct Access”). The Show is broadcast live from Monday to Friday between 17.00...