11th edition of Ofcom's International Communications Market report
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16 December, 2016
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11th edition of Ofcom's International Communications Market report On 16 December 2016, Ofcom, the converged regulator in the UK, published its eleventh International Communications Market Report (ICMR) which provides comparative international data on the communications...
EPRA participates as Observer to ERGA Meeting
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13 December, 2016
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EPRA participates as Observer to ERGA Meeting EPRA participated as an Observer in the 6th Plenary Meeting of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) which took place on 29 October 2016 in Brussels. On that occasion, the ERGA adopted its report on...
Irish BAI launches Media Literacy Policy
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13 December, 2016
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Irish BAI launches Media Literacy Policy On 6 December 2016, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has launched its Media Literacy Policy which sets out a range of skills to help people to navigate current, new and emerging content platforms. The policy...
Unsupervised TV Watching among Children is Decreasing in Croatia
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Anja Jelavić (AEM - HR)
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13 December, 2016
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Unsupervised TV Watching among Children is Decreasing in Croatia Results of repeated Survey into Children and the Media in Croatia indicate Positive Changes in the Protection of Children from Harmful TV Content When the campaign ‘Let’s choose what we...
AEM Croatia issues Recommendations for the Protection of Children and the safe use of Electronic Media
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13 December, 2016
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AEM Croatia issues Recommendations for the Protection of Children and the safe use of Electronic Media Promoting the importance of media literacy is a key concern for the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM) in Croatia. Children and young people live and grow surrounded...
Colloquium on Fondamental Rights: focus on Media Pluralism & Democracy
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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13 December, 2016
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Colloquium on Fondamental Rights: focus on Media Pluralism & Democracy On 17-18 November 2016, the European Commission held its Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights, focusing this year on media pluralism and democracy. It brought together EU, national and...
Ofcom: Children and Parents Media Use and Attitudes Report 2016
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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17 November, 2016
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Ofcom: Children and Parents Media Use and Attitudes Report 2016 On 16 November 2016, Ofcom published its Annual Report on Children and Parents Media Use and Attitudes. It examines children's use of different media and parents' views about their children's...
Expert group meets to share Media Literacy updates and best practices
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16 November, 2016
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Expert group meets to share Media Literacy updates and best practices The latest meeting of the Media Literacy Expert group took place on 15 November 2016 in Brussels at the invitation of the European Commission. About 90 participants from civil society, academia, media...
Media Developments in Denmark: 2016 report
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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16 November, 2016
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Media Developments in Denmark: 2016 report On 16 November 2016, the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces (Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen) published the English version of its annual report on media developments in Denmark, originally released on 16 June of this year...
Ofcom: An online resource to promote equal opportunities
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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15 November, 2016
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Ofcom: An online resource to promote equal opportunities On 1 November 2016, Ofcom launched an online resource providing practical advice on assessing and improving the way broadcasters promote equal opportunities. It comes under the form of a toolkit on the Ofcom website...
Redefining media: a study by Portuguese Regulator ERC
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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08 November, 2016
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Redefining Media: a study by Portuguese Regulator ERC Technological developments in the digital world have transformed the way in which content is created and distributed, altering as a consequence the traditional concept of media. Based on these findings, the Council of...
Media coverage of terrorist acts: French CSA adopts Code of conduct
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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03 November, 2016
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Media coverage of terrorist acts: French CSA adopts Code of conduct In response to the repeated terrorist attacks that shook France since the attack on Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, the legislator (through Article 20 of Law n°2016-987 of 21 July 2016 prorogating the...
ERGA 's opinion on the AVMS Proposal
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11 October, 2016
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ERGA 's opinion on the AVMS Proposal The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) adopted an Opinion on the practical implications of the AVMSD proposal on 5 October 2016. ERGA's opinion on the AVMSD proposal results from an analysis of it...
Regulatory framework for electronic communications under Review
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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06 October, 2016
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Regulatory framework for electronic communications under review On the same day as the publication of extensive proposals to review the copyright framework in the Digital single market, the European Commission also unveiled proposals for the review of the regulatory...
A new composition for the Polish Regulator
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05 October, 2016
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A new composition for the Polish Regulator Since mid-September 2016, the new Council of the Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (KRRiT), the National Broadcasting Council of Poland, has taken its 6-years term of office. The new Chairman is Mr Witold Kołodziejski. He was...
How digital natives perceive advertising: a study by the Belgian CSA
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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26 September, 2016
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How digital natives perceive advertising: a study by the Belgian CSA The study, published on August 29th, 2016, was conducted by Claude Pecheux, resident researcher at the CSA, and coming from the University of Mons (UCL). The objective was to better understand how different...
Digital platforms: French CSA Study - now available in English
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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26 September, 2016
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Digital platforms: French CSA Study - now available in English On September 23rd, 2016, the French Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) published a study on digital platforms and the challenges that they raise both in terms of competition and regulation. The...
Proposed Modernisation of the EU copyright rules
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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15 September, 2016
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Proposed Modernisation of the EU copyright rules On September 14, 2016, the European Commission published a draft Directive on copyright in the Digital single market and a draft Regulation to provide EU copyright rules with the right tools fitting the realities of the...
Digitisation, opportunity or threat? A new report by the German Regulators
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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07 September, 2016
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Digitisation, opportunity or threat? A new report by the German Regulators Die Medienanstalten, the German media regulatory authorities, have just published their 2016 report on digitisation, as a symbolic threshold of 80% of digital cable households was recently reached,...
Spanish CNMC reports on the fulfilment of RTVE's public service duties
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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02 September, 2016
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Spanish CNMC reports on the fulfilment of RTVE's public service duties On August 2, 2016, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), the nation-wide communication regulatory authority in Spain, published its first ever report on the fulfilment...
Irish BAI launches 2016 Media Research Funding Scheme
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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31 August, 2016
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Irish BAI launches 2016 Media Research Funding Scheme On August 30, 2016, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) gave details about its new 2016 Media Research Funding Scheme, dedicated to short-time research projects dealing with themes currently-relevant for the Irish...
Net neutrality: BEREC publishes Guidelines
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Eric Munch (Observer)
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31 August, 2016
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Net neutrality: BEREC publishes Guidelines On August 30, 2016, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) published its Guidelines on the Implementation by National Regulators of European Net Neutrality Rules, following last year's first ever...
Poland - Act on the National Media Council
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21 July, 2016
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Poland - Act on the National Media Council On 22 June 2016, the Act on the National Media Council was passed by the Polish Parliament (Official Journal “Dz.U.” of 29 June 2016, no 929). This Act defines the tasks, powers, organisation and procedure for the...
Adapting PSB to the digital environment - a new Swiss report
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29 June, 2016
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Adapting PSB to the digital environment - a new Swiss report On 17 June 2016, the Swiss government (the “Federal Council”) published a 137-page report analysing the performance of Swiss public service media in the Internet age. The report deals with the performance...
Croatian regulator launches Media Literacy Website
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Damir Hajduk (AEM - HR)
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20 June, 2016
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Croatian regulator launches Media Literacy Website The Croatian regulatory authority, the Agency for Electronic Media has launched an Internet website for media literacy - www.medijskapismenost.hr. This website is intended primarily for parents and teachers, as a support in...
Consultation on 2016 Annual Colloquium on ‘Media Pluralism and Democracy'
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08 June, 2016
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Consultation on 2016 Annual Colloquium on ‘Media Pluralism and Democracy' We would like to raise your attention to the public consultation launched by the European Commission which purpose is to feed into the second Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights which...
On-Demand Services and the Material Scope of the AVMSD: IRIS Plus report
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07 June, 2016
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On-Demand Services and the Material Scope of the AVMSD: IRIS Plus report Against the background of the proposal for an updated Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) presented on the 25 May 2016 by the European Commission, a new free to download report on “...
CNMC to host the 10th MNRA Technical Commission Meeting on 1st July in Madrid
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03 June, 2016
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CNMC to host the 10th MNRA Technical Commission Meeting on 1st July in Madrid The 10th MNRA Technical Commission Meeting will be held in Madrid (Spain), on 1st July 2016. Under the current MNRA Vice-presidency – CNMC (the Spanish National Commission for Markets and...
Access to TV platforms: EAO report for the European Commission
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27 May, 2016
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Access to TV platforms: EAO report for the European Commission In April 2016, the European Audiovisual Observatory published a report based on its work carried out in 2015 for the DG COMM of the European Commission, which looks at the way in which national systems...
A new Chairperson for the Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media
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25 May, 2016
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A new Chairperson for the Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media Further to a recent decision of the Board of the Council of 9 May 2016, Ms. Maria Stoyanova has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media (CEM) for a term of 6 years...