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On 14 March 2013, the Minister of Culture signed the amendment of the Decree No. 589/2007 Coll. laying down details on a single labelling system for audiovisual works, audio recordings of artistic performances, multimedia works, programmes and other components of programme services (“labelling system”). The amendment came into force on 1 April 2013 and by this date the second watershed (15+ programmes only after 8 pm) was revived in Slovakia. The second watershed was part of the original labelling system that applied to television programmes only. In 2008, this labelling system was replaced by...

On 28 February 2013, the Act amending the Polish Broadcasting Act entered into force (see IRIS 2013-1/32 for the draft amendment). The Act concerns content regulation of on-demand audiovisual media services (in particular Video on Demand - VoD). It is intended to constitute the last step of the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2010/13/EU (AVMSD) into Polish national law. The provisions regarding linear services had been implemented before (see IRIS 2010-8/41). The implementation process of the the VoD provisions involved a careful analysis of the market conditions and consumer...

In accordance with Article 7.20 (1) of the Mediawet 2008 (Dutch Media Act), the Commissariaat voor de Media (Media Authority - CvdM) must report each year to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science on its intended enforcement policy. On 31 October 2012 the CvdM sent its enforcement letter 2013 to the Minister and made it public. In its letter to the Minister, the CvdM first emphasises the general principles in its enforcement strategy that are focused on stimulating the presence of a level playing field and effective and customised supervision measures for different media institutions. The...

The reaction of the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) was not slow in coming, following the announcement of the death of a participant during filming of the new season of the successful adventure reality TV broadcast Koh-Lanta (an adaptation of Survivor). Since the launch of the first reality TV programme (Loft Story, in 2001), the CSA has considered a number of the issues raised by these programmes (see IRIS 2001-5/9). Its concern has taken the form of a Deliberation in 2005 on young viewers, and the establishment in 2011 of a list of recommendations on...

On 1 February 2013, the Werberichtlinie (Advertising Directive - WerbeRL), designed to put the Staatsvertrag zum Glücksspielwesen in Deutschland (Inter-State Gambling Agreement - GlüStV) into concrete form, entered into force. It had been adopted on 7 December 2012 by the Glücksspielkollegium (Gambling Commission) which, in accordance with Article 9a(5) to (8) of the Inter-State Gambling Agreement, is composed of representatives of all 16 gambling supervisory authorities and acts on behalf of the regional authorities. Under Article 5(3)(1) GlüStV in conjunction with Articles 7 and 2(2)(7) of the...