Technologie, médias et communications (TMC)

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  31.03.2023

  Royaume-Uni

  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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  31.03.2023

  Bulgarie

  CMS Ex­pert guide on Right Bid­ding vs Bid Rig­ging

  Public procurement rules and their strict observance is of key importance to ensure good quality products and services to citizens on the best possible financial and service delivery terms. An efficient competitive process in tenders can lead to lower prices, higher quality and more innovation in the supply of goods and services.Bid rigging refers to illegal agreements between participants in tenders with the aim of distorting competition in award procedures and enabling a predetermined tenderer to secure a contract while creating the impression that the procedure is genuinely competitive. Often...

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  31.03.2023

  Royaume-Uni

  Dark pat­terns re­main firmly un­der the re­gu­la­tor’s spot­light

  This week the Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) has continued to shine a light on dark patterns, publishing an open letter for online businesses regarding urgency and price reduction claims and an update to its ‘Online Rip-Off Tip-Off’ campaign addressing misleading online practices.  This article explores each of these as well as future potential enforcement and areas of focus against the backdrop of the anticipated Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (which has yet to be published at the time of writing this article).Open letter for online businesses...

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  30.03.2023

  Royaume-Uni

  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

  Luxembourg

  What is the sta­tus of the draft law trans­po­sing Di­rec­tive (EU) 2019/1937 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 23 Oc­to­ber 2019 on the pro­tec­tion of per­sons who re­port breaches of Union law?

  Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, better known as the Whistleblowing Directive (hereinafter the "Directive"), should have been transposed into national law by 17 December 2021. Since the draft law transposing the Directive into national law was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies on 10 January 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft Law"), numerous opinions have been issued.To date, there is no exact picture of when the Draft Law will be voted on but given the delay in the...

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  30.03.2023

  Royaume-Uni

  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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