Council of Europe issues network neutrality guidelines to protect freedom of...
Council of Europe issues network neutrality guidelines to protect freedom of expression and privacy The Council of Europe called on European states to safeguard the principle of network neutrality in...
View ArticleIncitement to hatred: Croatian AEM temporarily suspends local TV licence
Incitement to hatred: Croatian AEM temporarily suspends local TV licence On 22 January 2016, the Council of the Electronic Media Agency, the Croatian broadcasting regulator, temporarily suspended the...
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CoE launches Freedom of expression Website
CoE launches Freedom of expression Website The Media and Internet governance Division of the Council of Europe has launched its new Freedom of expression website on 23 February 2016. The new site...
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Product Placement - Landmark German decision in "Pickup" case
Product Placement - Landmark German decision in "Pick up" caseThe Lower Saxony media regulator NLM objected to the product placement of the "Leibniz Pick up" chocolate biscuit made in 2014 in a...
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AVMSD REFIT: Background research published
AVMSD REFIT: Background research published The European Commission (DG CONNECT) has published, on 4 March 2016, several studies it had commissioned in order to prepare the revision of the Audiovisual...
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New members for the Council of the AEM in Montenegro
New members for the Council of the AEM in MontenegroFurther to a recent decision of the Parliament, three new members were recently appointed in the Agency for Electronic Media of Montenegro for terms...
View ArticleAssessing Media Pluralism in Europe: MPM2015 results published
Assessing Media Pluralism in Europe: MPM2015 results published On 30 March 2016, the European University Institute's Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) in Florence published the...
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Helena Mandić appointed Chair of the Council of Europe’s MSI-MED
Helena Mandić appointed Chair of the Council of Europe’s MSI-MEDThe first meeting of the Committee of experts on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership (MSI-MED) took place on 22-23 of...
View ArticlePublic Service News and Digital Media, a new report by the Reuters Institute
Public Service News and Digital Media, a new report by the Reuters Institute The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford has published a new comparative report...
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Archiving Community Media online: CMDS report highlights best practices
Archiving Community Media online: CMDS Report highlights best practicesThe Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) has issued a research report, authored by Joost van Beek with contributions from...
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French administrative court overrules CSA's decision to withdraw Numéro 23...
French administrative court overrules CSA's decision to withdraw Numéro 23 licenceOn 30 March 2016, the French "Conseil d'Etat" (the highest administrative jurisdiction in France) decided to...
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Television Access Services: Ofcom's final report for 2015
Television Access Services: Ofcom's final report for 2015Under the Communications Act 2003, television broadcasters are required to deliver a certain proportion of their programmes with subtitles,...
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SSR-SRG Swisscom Ringier advertising joint venture: OFCOM and DETEC Decisions
SSR-SRG, Swisscom, Ringier advertising joint venture: OFCOM and DETEC DecisionsThe Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) and the Federal Office of...
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Legal Jurisdiction in Defamation Proceedings: ECtHR rules in Arlewin v....
Legal Jurisdiction in Defamation Proceedings: ECtHR rules in Arlewin v. Sweden CaseOn 1 March 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Sweden in breach for having denied access to a...
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Media Literacy: Ofcom's reports on Media Use and Attitudes towards Media
Media Literacy: Ofcom's reports on Media Use and Attitudes towards MediaOn 21 April 2016, Ofcom has published two research reports on how people use, understand and relate to different media in the...
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2016 Guide of Digital Channels in France
2016 Guide of Digital Channels in FranceThe fourteenth edition of the Guide on Digital Channels was published in April 2016 by the French broadcasting regulator CSA, the DGMIC (Directorate General of...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: CRA's Director General officially appointed
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...
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Access to TV platforms: EAO report for the European Commission
Access to TV platforms: EAO report for the European CommissionIn April 2016, the European Audiovisual Observatory published a report based on its work carried out in 2015 for the DG COMM of the...
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A new Chairperson for the Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media
A new Chairperson for the Bulgarian Council for Electronic MediaFurther 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...
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CNMC to host the 10th MNRA Technical Commission Meeting on 1st July in Madrid
CNMC to host the 10th MNRA Technical Commission Meeting on 1st July in MadridThe 10th MNRA Technical Commission Meeting will be held in Madrid (Spain), on 1st July 2016. Under the current MNRA...
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