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The Ministry for Tourism, Culture and the Environment launched on 18 January 2012 a public consultation process relating to amendments to the Stage and Film Classification framework for Malta. A draft Legal Notice setting out the proposed new law has been published for feedback purposes. The consultation process was open until 7 February 2012. The regulations are inspired by the Television Programmes (Classification Certificates) Regulations, which apply to television broadcasts and allow broadcasters to appoint their own person who is responsible for classifying television programmes. In so far...

The Statute “On Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic” (Об Общественной телерадиовещательной корпорации Кыргызской Республики) was adopted by Zhogorku Kenesh (the Parliament) on 18 November 2011, signed into law by President Almaz Atambaev on 21 December 2011, and entered into force on 10 January 2012. It replaces the Decree “On establishing the Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic” adopted on 30 April 2010 by the then Provisional Government (see IRIS 2010-6:1/36). The new Statute has five chapters and 29 articles and follows the governmental...

On 1 February 2012, the UK Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) published a determination that the web-based on-demand adult programme service Bootybox.tv had breached statutory rules requiring video on demand providers to ensure that under 18s cannot normally access hardcore pornographic content. Bootybox.tv had been notified to the ATVOD as having been available since November 2010. The service provider described its content as “generic and mostly BBFC compliant UK porn available on-line”. On 26 June 2011, a parent complained that a son had used this service and other web based services...

The National Council of Radio and Television (NCRT) made two decisions regarding the broadcasting of an advertising spot and a music video clip. On 31 January 2012, the NCRT advised against the broadcasting of the video clip “High” by Babastars, broadcast by local music TV stations. The video shows a field full of plants of a narcotic nature and the text of the song favours consuming this substance and casts a favourable light upon this habit, according to the NCRT. The NCRT examined the content of the video as a result of numerous complaints lodged by citizens to the Council. According to the...

On 19 October 2011, the Act on Audiovisual Media Services (Zakon o avdiovizualnih medijskih storitvah - ZAvMS) was adopted and entered into force on 17 November 2011. As described in previous IRIS issues, its adoption was crucial due to the infringement procedure against Slovenia, started earlier in 2011 by the European Commission for non-transposition of the Directive in due delay (see IRIS 2011-8/42). Despite the fact that Slovenia notified to the Commission a complete transposition of the AVMSD on 21 November 2011, the infringement procedure remains pending, as the Commission needs to analyse...