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ALGERIA / ARAV warns against religious radicalism on television

On November 29th the Autorité de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (ARAV), the Algerian broadcasting watchdog, published a statement addressed to television stations. In it the Authority gives a warning to public and private television stations which broadcast religious programmes on their channels: broadcasting institutions “are strongly advised…at risk of sanctions, to use extreme vigilance to ban …

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JORDAN / Roya TV wins awards at the Eutelsat TV Awards

On November 25th Milan hosted the 19th Eutelsat TV Awards, an annual event held by the European satellite operator Eutelsat. This year awards were given to the best themed channels using Eutelsat’s satellite resources. In the Lifestyle category Roya TV, a Jordanian private channel, was named Best Channel – the first award won by a …

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SPAIN / European Court judges RTVE’s funding to be legal

Following a complaint by Distribuidora de Televisión Digital (DTS) a private satellite television operator, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that the way the Spanish public broadcaster, RTVE, is financed conforms to European regulations. Since the 2009 RTVE Financing Act there has been no advertising on Spanish public television. To compensate for the …

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GREECE / The broadcasting reform not validated by the Council of State

On October 26th the Council of State, Greece’s Supreme Administrative Court, delivered its judgement on whether the broadcasting reforms initiated by Alexis Tsipras’ government are constitutional. Referred to the Council as a last resort by private television channels, the judges invalidated by a narrow majority (14 to 11) the reform which allowed the government to …

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GREECE / The courts will pronounce on the broadcasting reforms

The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court in Greece, will decide in the coming days whether the broadcasting reforms introduced by the government in February 2016 are constitutional or not. The 25 judges who make up the Council approved the appeals filed by six private television stations which were not granted broadcasting licenses on …

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ITALY / Simona Martorelli at the head of RAI’s International Relations

Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian public service broadcaster, has reorganized its communication cell. In particular Simona Martorelli has been appointed RAI’s Deputy Director of International Relations and European Affairs. Since 1999 she has been in charge of Public Affairs at RAI’s Liaison Office in Brussels. From 2005 to 2008 she served as National Expert to the …

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CMCA / Departure of Alessandra Paradisi, member of the Board

In August Alessandra Paradisi, former Deputy Director of Institutional and International Relations at the Italian public service broadcaster RAI, was appointed Deputy Director of the same company’s International Security. For many years she has been active on the Board of Directors of the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) while also running CoPeAM (Conférence …

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