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1. The Decisions of the Council of State Voiding the Existing LCN At the end of August the Council of State (the Italian highest administrative court), with four decisions, has voided the regulation on the digital terrestrial television channel line-up (so called LCN – logical channel numbering) issued in 2010 by the Italian Communications Authority… continua
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Dopo le sentenze del 24 giugno 2011, n. 5633 e 29 luglio 2011, n. 6814 (la cui esecutività è stata sospesa in sede cautelare dal Consiglio di Stato), il T.A.R. Lazio torna a pronunciarsi incisivamente in tema di numerazione automatica dei canali della televisione digitale terrestre (Logical Channel Numbering – “LCN”) con sentenza del 26… continua
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Il 24 novembre 2011 la Corte di Giustizia ha reso un’interessante pronuncia in materia di pubblicità televisiva e tempo di trasmissione (C-281/09, Commissione europea c. Regno di Spagna). Data la valenza generale delle affermazioni della Corte nella sentenza in esame, nonostante questa si riferisca alla normativa in materia di limiti di affollamento pubblicitario anteriore alla… continua
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In 2011 two procedures for spectrum allocation were launched in Italy. The first was a spectrum auction to allocate the external digital dividend (ie, frequencies in the 800, 1800, 2000 and 2600 megahertz (MHz) bands) to telecommunications operators for the purpose of developing commercial terrestrial radio systems and public electronic communications, including mobile broadband networks… continua
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As part of this month’s Legal Focus, we take a look at the Italian Telecommunications sector by speaking to Ernesto Apa, partner at Italian law firm, Portolano Colella Cavallo Studio Legale. The industry globally has seen the latest wave of mergers and acquisitions prompted by the effects of the recession, however, the Italian industry is… continua
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AGCOM, the Italian communications authority, has established a new, simple set of rules for the licensing of linear audiovisual and audio services on the Internet (ie, online television, Internet Protocol television and mobile television) and non-linear audiovisual media services – known as ‘video on demand’ – provided on any e-communications network. On the basis of… continua
