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  06.12.2023

  United Kingdom

  UK ICO enforcement threat for gambling companies failing to comply with data protection law

  On 21 November 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), the UK’s data protection regulator, issued a statement warning that websites face enforcement action if they do not make changes to comply with data protection laws regarding advertising cookies.The ICO WarningThe ICO is concerned that “some websites do not give users fair choices over whether or not to be tracked for personalised advertising.” The ICO’s Executive Director of Regulatory Risk, Stephen Almond, has warned that “gambling addicts may be targeted with betting offers...

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  21.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Part 6 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill – a revised prominence regime for PSBs

  In this article we discuss Part 2 of the Media Bill (“Prominence on Television Selection Services”) and how it compares to Part 2 of the draft Media Bill published earlier this year.BackgroundWhen the draft Media Bill was first published, we summarised the changes that were proposed in respect of the revised prominence framework for public service broadcasters (“PSB”) and the impact such changes might have on “designated internet programme services” (“DIPS”) (e.g., BBC iPlayer) made available on  “regulated television selection services”...

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  21.11.2023

  Singapore

  Singapore moves to regulation of collective management organizations

  This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. On 31 October 2023, the Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023 (“Regulations”) were enacted pursuant to the Copyright Act 2021 and will take effect from 1 May 2024. Aimed at regulating collective management organisations (“CMOs”), the Regulations ensure that CMOs operate with a minimum standard of transparency, accountability, efficiency and good governance under a new class licensing scheme. This scheme will be administered by...

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  20.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Part 5 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill - updates to the public service remit for television

  In this article, we explore Part 1 of the Media Bill, “Public Service Television”, and how this compares with Part 1 of the draft Media Bill published earlier this year.BackgroundIn our previous articles, we summarised the proposed changes to the regulation of public service broadcasters (which we will refer to as public service media owners or “PSMOs”) set out in Part 1 of the draft Media Bill and the impact assessment in relation to those proposed changes. We also discussed the recommendations made by the DCMS Select Committee (the “Committee”) in its final...

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  20.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Part 4 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill - the de-regulation of analogue commercial radio

  In this article we discuss Part 5 of the updated First Reading version of the Media Bill (“Regulation of Radio Services”) and how it compares to Part 5 of the draft Media Bill published earlier this year.BackgroundWhen the draft Media Bill was first published, we summarised the changes that were proposed in respect of the de-regulation of commercial radio and the associated reform to the legislation regulating commercial radio that was largely developed in the late 1990s.Now the Media Bill has been updated and published, we discuss below what has changed from the first draft Bill, whether...

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  16.11.2023

  Netherlands

  Major VOD services must invest in Dutch productions starting January 2024

  At the end of October, the Senate approved the law requiring major VOD services active in the Netherlands to invest 5% of their Dutch annual turnover in domestic audiovisual productions such as series, films and documentaries starting 1 January 2024.In two previous Law-Now articles published in 2023 and 2022, we discussed the introduction of an investment obligation for Dutch cultural audiovisual products for video on demand (VOD) services. The investment obligation is expected to apply to a dozen major VOD services active in the Netherlands, such as Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and Disney+....

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