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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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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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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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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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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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On October 7th Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, the head of France Télévisions, announced the appointment of Xavier Couture and Carolina Got to key positions within the public broadcasting group. Xavier Couture becomes deputy managing director in charge of France Télévisions’ strategy and programming. The press release adds that “digital, youth, sports, cinema, purchasing and studies will also …
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The American video streaming giant, YouTube, owned by Google, has brought together 7,000 hours of Arab-made television series dating from 1962 to today. Mosalsalat (“Series” in Arabic) gives free access from any country in the world to programmes made in the Middle East and North Africa. Of the 500 series available, half are Syrian, for …
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