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On December 1st the French broadcasting watchdog, the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel) gave the go-ahead for the launch of two new television channels on DTT (canal 30) in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. “Provence Azur” will broadcast in the Marseille area, and “Var Azur” in the Toulon-Hyères area. The CSA’s license for them to transmit …
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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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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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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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