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GREECE / The government also wants to regulate the advertising market

Having launched the application call to reduce the number of private television channels in Greece, Alexis Tsipras’ government is now considering the creation of a national advertising agency. It would have a monopoly on marketing advertising space and would be the sole intermediary between companies and the nation’s TV channels, the Minister of State Nikos …

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GREECE / 11 applications received for the 4 commercial channel licenses

On July 4th the Minister of State Nikos Pappas announced the identity of the eleven applicants who put their name forward to buy a license for one of the four private channels. They are: Skai, Star Channel, Antenna TV, Dimera Media Investments, Alpha, Ioannis Vladimiros Kalogritsas, Alter Ego, Epsilon TV, Independent Television Content Provider, Mega …

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ITALY / A new production company in the Banijay stable

Banijay, the French production company specializing in TV programmes, has taken a minority stake in the capital of a new Italian production house, DRY. DRY (Do not Repeat Yourself) was founded by four former employees of Magnolia, another production company associated with Banijay: Fabrizio Ievolella, Danila Battaglini, Francesco Lauber and Leopoldo Gasparotto. DRY’s aim is …

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ALGERIA / ARAV approves the government’s specifications for private channels

According to the Algerian press, the country’s broadcasting watchdog, the Autorité de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (ARAV) has approved three draft laws written by the government to control broadcasting. The most important and anticipated of them are the specifications for commercial television stations: there are now 89 articles setting out the conditions a private channel has …

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SPAIN FRANCE ITALY / National drama films still well regarded

For the seventh consecutive year, France’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has published a study on “Performances de la fiction en Europe” based on the 2015 viewing figures for drama programmes (films for TV, series, mini-series and serials) in the five major European markets, including Spain, France and Italy. In Spain, national productions monopolize the …

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EGYPT / An ONTV journalist thrown out of the country

Late in the afternoon of June 27th Liliane Daoud, a Lebanese-British journalist and presenter on the Egyptian private channel ONTV, was given just a few hours to leave Egypt. According to her lawyer the police went to her home and took her straight to the airport, without giving her time to pack or say goodbye …

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GREECE / Private channels will have to pay for a broadcasting licence

The Greek government has announced plans to initiate licensing agreements for national private channels which broadcast in an unencoded, “free-to-air” format. An international call for offers was launched, with bidding open until July 4th. Only four high definition broadcast licenses will be allocated, although at present the country has eight private channels. So at least …

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