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On 3 July 2013, the Prime Minister of “Rheinland-Pfalz” and the Prime Minister of “Baden-Württemberg“ signed the New State Contract for the public broadcasting system in both countries, the Südwestrundfunk (SWR). The New State Treaty for the SWR came into force on 1 January 2014 and replaced the old State Treaty of 31 May 1997. The new SWR-State-Treaty specifies the programme mandate of the public broadcasting including the online activities of the SWR and directed the programme to a younger audience. By creating more flexible structures, the new state contract wants to allow the SWR the establishment...

On 19 April 2013 the Dutch Advertising Code Committee (DACC Reclame Code Commissie) upheld a complaint regarding a broadcast by the Dutch political party ‘Animals’ Party’ (Partij voor de Dieren). The DACC is a self-regulatory body that receives complaints about breaches of the Dutch Advertising Code. It can advise on complaints but it cannot impose sanctions. If certain expressions in advertising violate the law one can either complain to the DACC or begin civil or criminal proceedings in court. The complaint in question concerned a trailer for a documentary broadcast by the Animals’ Party. The...

On 4 June 2013 the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) published revised versions of its General and Children’s Commercial Communications Codes. The Codes deal with advertising, sponsorship, product placement and other forms of commercial promotion. The revisions deal, in particular, with the approach to be taken to products that are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS). The Codes apply to all radio and television broadcasters regulated in the Republic of Ireland. The BAI is required under section 42 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 to develop advertising codes to protect the general public health...

On 24 May 2013 Ofcom ordered a review of the amount of alcohol advertising on television, after it emerged that children are increasingly watching reality programmes, such as: Britain’s Got Talent, X-Factor, and I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, which can show such advertisements under current rules. The existing guidelines ban adverts from being aired during shows that have a particular appeal to the under 18s. But research carried out for the broadcasting regulator reveals that children saw an average 3.2 alcohol adverts per week in 2011 - an increase of 18% on 2007 when they saw 2.7 per week. The...

On 11 April 2013, the Administrative Court in Sofia City annulled a decision of the Sofia District Court and thereby confirmed a fine imposed by the Bulgarian regulatory authority Council for Electronic Media (CEM). The CEM had imposed a sanction of BGN 15,000 (approximately EUR 7,500) on the media service provider "BTV Media Group". On 20 February 2012, the TV programme "The Slavi's Show" was broadcast as a repeat at lunch time between 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm. As regards this repeat, CEM found that there had been a violation of Article 17(2) of the Radio and Television Act (RTA) and No. 27 of CEM’s...