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    31.03.2023
    Reino Unido

    Pa­rt 2 of our 7-pa­rt se­ries on the dra­ft Me­dia Bi­ll - a re­vi­sed pro­mi­ne­n­ce re­gi­me

    Following on from our article on the regulation of radio selection services (which you can access here), in this article we explore Part 2 of the draft Media Bill (“Prominence on Television Selection Services”).The current regulatory frameworkThe current so-called “prominence” framework (as set out in the Communications Act and Ofcom’s code of practice on EPGs) guarantees specified PSB linear channels prime positioning in EPGs. In particular, the current framework guarantees that the first five channels the public find when they switch on (or, at least, navigate to...
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    30.03.2023
    Reino Unido

    Pa­rt 1 of our 7-pa­rt se­ries on the dra­ft Me­dia Bi­ll – Sma­rt spea­ke­rs to fa­ll wi­thin the sco­pe of me­dia re­gu­la­tion

    Part 1 of our 7-part series on the draft Media Bill – Smart speakers to fall within the scope of media regulation It took the UK Government just eleven months (following the publication of the white paper on its vision for the broadcasting sector) to publish its draft Media Bill and over the next few days we will provide you with our in-depth analysis on each of the draft Media Bill’s seven parts.   We start our seven-part series with the section of the draft Media Bill that has attracted the most press attention so far and that is “Part 6 – Regulation of Radio...
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    30.03.2023
    Reino Unido

    Fi­r­st Im­p­re­s­sio­ns of the New Me­dia Bi­ll

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published a Press Release regarding the imminent publication of the draft Media Bill. Although the draft Media Bill is not yet available, the Press Release provides us with an insight into some of the key provisions to expect. Many of these key provisions reflect the broad statements that were contained within the Government’s Media White Paper, however, there are also one or two surprises:additional regulation, in the form of Ofcom rules, to narrow the gap between the regulation of traditional broadcasters and VOD service providers. It...
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    28.03.2023
    Europe

    Eu­ro­pean Pa­r­lia­me­nt and Coun­cil ready to sta­rt ne­go­tia­tio­ns on EU Da­ta Act – Eu­ro­pe ge­ts clo­ser to ado­p­ti­ng a da­ta law

    In February 2022 the European Commission presented its proposal for the EU Data Act, which – if adopted - will introduce a far-reaching legal regime on access to and use of non-personal data in the EU and will, similar to the GDPR, be applicable to businesses established outside the EU. The proposed regulation contains a set of rules defining how various forms of data can be used and by whom for purposes across all economic sectors with the aim of creating a new data-agile ecosystem. While the new law will bring new opportunities, it will also create legal challenges for all actors in the...
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    17.03.2023
    United Kingdom

    Cha­n­ges to au­dio-vi­sual tax re­lie­fs in the UK

    Following a period of consultation in which much of the industry has been actively engaged, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in this week’s Spring Budget the package of reforms that will apply to audio-visual tax reliefs in the UK.The reforms are applicable to all 5 audio-visual tax reliefs (film, high-end TV, children’s TV, animation and video games) and one of the changes at the heart of the reforms is the decision to move all the tax reliefs to expenditure credits. This will be implemented by way of two models:one for film and TV expenditure credits (the Audio-visual Expenditure...
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    14.03.2023
    China

    Chi­na has ac­ce­ded to the Ha­gue Co­n­ve­n­tion of 5 Oc­to­ber 1961 Abo­li­shi­ng the Re­qui­re­me­nt of Le­ga­li­sa­tion for Fo­rei­gn Pu­b­lic Do­cu­me­n­ts

    On 8 March 2023, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") has (finally!) acceded to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the "Convention").The Convention between the PRC, as the acceding state, and other member states (which will not have raised an objection; see below) will enter into force as of 7 November 2023.This constitutes a long-awaited and very positive development.Please click here to read the full article.
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