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EPRA participates as Observer to ERGA Meeting
posted on 13 December, 2016   (public)
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...
Colloquium on Fondamental Rights: focus on Media Pluralism & Democracy
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 13 December, 2016   (public)
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...
AEM Croatia issues Recommendations for the Protection of Children and the safe use of Electronic Media
posted on 13 December, 2016   (public)
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...
Unsupervised TV Watching among Children is Decreasing in Croatia
by Anja Jelavić (AEM - HR) posted on 13 December, 2016   (public)
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...
Irish BAI launches Media Literacy Policy
posted on 13 December, 2016   (public)
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...
Ofcom: Children and Parents Media Use and Attitudes Report 2016
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 17 November, 2016   (public)
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...
Media Developments in Denmark: 2016 report
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 16 November, 2016   (public)
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...
Expert group meets to share Media Literacy updates and best practices
posted on 16 November, 2016   (public)
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...
Ofcom: An online resource to promote equal opportunities
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 15 November, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 08 November, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 03 November, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 11 October, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 06 October, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 05 October, 2016   (public)
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...
Digital platforms: French CSA Study - now available in English
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 26 September, 2016   (public)
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...
How digital natives perceive advertising: a study by the Belgian CSA
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 26 September, 2016   (public)
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...
Proposed Modernisation of the EU copyright rules
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 15 September, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 07 September, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 02 September, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 31 August, 2016   (public)
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
by Eric Munch (Observer) posted on 31 August, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 21 July, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 29 June, 2016   (public)
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
by Damir Hajduk (AEM - HR) posted on 20 June, 2016   (public)
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'
posted on 08 June, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 07 June, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 03 June, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 27 May, 2016   (public)
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
posted on 25 May, 2016   (public)
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...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: CRA's Director General officially appointed
posted on 28 April, 2016   (public)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: CRA's Director General officially appointed After a years-long standstill, the Director General of the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA), the convergent regulatory authority in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has officially been appointed. On 26...

Archived Regulation News

Consultation on the review of the Ofcom rules on political broadcasts
posted on 23 November, 2012   (public)
On 19 November 2012, Ofcom opened a consultation on the review of the Rules on Party Political and Referendum Broadcasts and on the Guidance for broadcast coverage of elections. The review of the Rules is related to recent amendments of the Communications Act, requiring the...
A new Board for the Belgian CSA
posted on 22 November, 2012   (public)
On 8 November 2012, the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation appointed for a five-year mandate four new members of the Board of CSA of the French community of Belgium. Dominique Vosters was appointed as Chairman of CSA. He replaces Marc Janssen. The mandates of...
Protecting children in the digital world: European Parliament report
posted on 20 November, 2012   (public)
On 20 November 2012, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Protecting children in the digital world. The adopted report, prepared by Silvia Costa, highlights three main elements in terms of protecting minors in the digital era: education on new media, digital...
EPRA represented at the AMARC Forum on the Future of Community Radio
posted on 15 November, 2012   (public)
On 12-13 November 2012, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC Europe), in partnership with the Center for Media and Communication Studies of the Central European University and the Hungarian Federation of Free radios, organised a workshop on ...
Video sections of newspaper websites & AVMS: Swedish RA decisions
posted on 09 November, 2012   (public)
On 29 October 2012, the Swedish Broadcasting Commission (SBC) decided in four cases that video sections on newspaper websites were to be considered as audiovisual media services under the Swedish Radio and Television Act. The cases concerned websites of newspapers ...
Baltic regulators met in Riga
posted on 05 November, 2012   (public)
On 11 October 2012, the representatives of Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Swedish regulatory authorities met in Riga to share their experience and to discuss practical questions related to media regulation. The Baltic regulators' meeting takes place every year...
Towards a convergent NRA in France? CSA's contribution
posted on 31 October, 2012   (public)
In the context of a consultation launched by the Prime Minister during summer, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, (CSA), published its contribution on the envisaged merger between CSA and ARCEP, the two French regulatory authorities in charge of broadcasting...
FICORA publishes market review on audiovisual content services in Finland
posted on 29 October, 2012   (public)
On 26 October 2012, The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) published a market review on the audiovisual content services. The review looks at the different ways how Finns watch audiovisual content, and is based on the data reported by operators and on the...
SEE Digi.TV: outcome of second international conference
posted on 24 October, 2012   (public)
On 18-19 October 2012, the Post and Electronic Communications Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (APEK) held the 2nd international conference of the SEE Digi.TV project in Ljubljana. The event gathered more than 90 participants from regulatory authorities, TV and electronic...
Digital TV switchover completed in Ireland and UK
posted on 24 October, 2012   (public)
On 24 October 2012, Ireland and the United Kingdom turned off the analogue television signal. Now the television services in both countries are fully digital. In Ireland, the old TV network was replaced by a free-to-air digital terrestrial television service Saorview,...
CMFE publishes first mapping of Community Media in Europe
posted on 24 October, 2012   (public)
On 22 October 2012, the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE), an international non-profit organisation which provides a common platform for networks, national federations and projects active in the "third media" sector, unveiled the outcome of its mapping exercise of...
On-demand services: Ofcom publishes consumer research results
posted on 23 October, 2012   (public)
Ofcom published results of the consumer research commissioned from the Essential Research Ltd on 23 October. The aim of the research was to explore consumer attitudes and behaviour in relation to on-demand audiovisual services and to help Ofcom understand which services are...
Digital Radio - Outcome of French consultation on standards for digital terrrestrial radio
posted on 22 October, 2012   (public)
Following a public consultation on standards for digital radio launched in April 2012 to seek the views of stakeholders, the French Minister of Culture and Communication published a summary of the responses to the consultation on 11 October 2012. The consultation...
ATVOD’s submissions concerning protection of minors on VOD and media convergence
posted on 19 October, 2012   (public)
On 17 October 2012, the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), which is the independent co-regulator for the editorial content of VOD services in UK, published its submissions to the consultation by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety on parental controls and to the...
Ofcom’s Digital Radio Report 2012
posted on 18 October, 2012   (public)
On 17 October 2012, Ofcom published its Digital Radio Report 2012. Following the Government’s Digital Radio Action Plan launched in July 2010, Ofcom was requested to report annually on the availability and take-up of digital radio services. The Action Plan set the...
Gender Equality: REFRAM launches an internal call for project and publishes a handbook
posted on 18 October, 2012   (public)
The Francophone Network Media Regulators (REFRAM) has launched a call for tender among its members for a pilot project in favour of gender equality. This call seeks to identify and fund projects that encourage and support the promotion of gender equality in the broadcast...
Loudness on TV: Catalan Regulator takes steps
posted on 17 October, 2012   (public)
In line with the recent trend towards loudness normalization in several European countries, the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) has recently been tackling the issue of sudden changes in volume on television during advertising breaks further to complaints from the public. A...
Towards a convergent NRA in France? ARCEP's point of view
posted on 16 October, 2012   (public)
In the context of a consultation launched by the Prime Minister during summer, ARCEP, the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Post, published its position on the merger between the CSA and ARCEP, the two French regulatory authorities in charge of...
Creation of a new regulatory authority in Luxembourg: Draft Law
posted on 16 October, 2012   (public)
On 15 October 2012, Luxembourg's Minister for Communication and Media, Mr. François Biltgen, announced a - long awaited - reform of media law and the creation of the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg (l’Autorité luxembourgeoise...
Irish BAI signals new rules for advertising of food and drink in children’s programmes
posted on 16 October, 2012   (public)
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced on October 12 the outcomes of a public consultation launched in March 2012 on a Draft Children’s Commercial Communications Code and a Draft General Commercial Communications Code. The Draft Codes concern regulatory...
Update on SEE Digi.TV activities
posted on 11 October, 2012   (public)
The Second SEE Digi.TV International Conference which is organized by the lead partner of the project, the Post and Electronic Communications Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (APEK), will be held in Ljubljana on 18-19 October 2012. During this event (upon invitation...
Ofcom’s supplementary advice on media plurality
posted on 05 October, 2012   (public)
On 5 October 2012, Ofcom published supplementary advice to the Secretary of State on media plurality. This follows the report on the feasibility of measuring media plurality across platforms, presented to the Secretary of State for Culture in June 2012. Ofcom recommended to...
Access services: Ofcom's statement on new requirements for non-domestic channels
posted on 01 October, 2012   (public)
On 1 October 2012, Ofcom, the communications regulator in the UK, published a statement on new requirements for TV channels licensed by Ofcom and made available in other Member States of the European Union to provide access services such as subtitling, signing and audio...
Short extracts: Draft Decision by French CSA
posted on 01 October, 2012   (public)
The Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), the French regulatory authority, notified the European Commission of its draft Decision setting up the conditions for the transmission of short extracts of sport events and other events of high interest to the...
European Commission report on the promotion of European works
posted on 26 September, 2012   (public)
The European Commission published its report on the promotion of European works in television and on-demand audiovisual media services on 26 September 2012. The report examines how the Members States complied with the requirements of Articles 13, 16 and 17 of the Audiovisual...
4th CERF meeting convenes in Bratislava
posted on 25 September, 2012   (public)
From 20 to 21 September 2012, the Central European Regulatory Forum (CERF) held its 4th meeting in Bratislava, hosted by the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic. More than 30 representatives from regulatory authorities in the Czech Republic,...
MEDIADEM publishes comparative findings on media policy
posted on 20 September, 2012   (public)
MEDIADEM, an EU funded research project on media policy-making processes in EU member states and candidate countries, recently published its comparative findings. The purpose of the research project is to identify which policy processes, tools and instruments can best support...
Report of the EU Media Futures Forum
posted on 20 September, 2012   (public)
On 20 September 2012, the EU Media Futures Forum, commissioned by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, released its final report on trends, opportunities and challenges in the media sector. This report complements the...
Community Media: Czech Regulator opens a public debate
posted on 19 September, 2012   (public)
The Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting, the Czech regulatory authority, recently opened a public debate on Community Media by commissioning a report mapping out the possibilities for introducing "Third Sector" (non-profit) media in the Czech Republic. ...
Ofcom awards first local TV licences
posted on 13 September, 2012   (public)
On 12 September 2012, Ofcom (UK) awarded the first licences to run local TV services on DTT in Brighton and Grimsby. This was done following new legislation which enabled Ofcom to issue local TV licences. Local TV has been previously licensed on a limited basis by the...