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8OctDigital terrestrial television: italian communications authority launches public consultation on channel line-up1. 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…
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4OctNew Mandatory Fee for Corporations with Revenues over EUR50millions to Finance the Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM)The Italian Government has recently amended* the Law no. 287 of October 10, 1990 (specifically, section 10, paragraph 7-ter and quarter) in relation to the modalities to fund the Italian Antitrust Authority (the “Authority”) by requiring Italian corporations (S.p.A.) and limited liability companies (S.r.l.), with annual revenues greater than 50 million Euro, to pay a…Article filed under: Regulatory
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25MayIl caso private outlet: per la prima volta l’agcm sospende in via cautelare l’accesso ad un sito webCon il provvedimento n. 23349 del 6 marzo 2012, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (“AGCM”) ha sanzionato la società Private Outlet S.r.l. per pratiche commerciali scorrette inibendo invia cautelare l’accesso ai siti web della società. L’AGCM ha infatti ritenuto la società colpevole di aver diffuso mediante i propri siti web messaggi ingannevoli sulla…
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15MarECJ rules on Italy’s gaming regulationsBackground On February 16 2012 the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued its latest preliminary ruling on the compatibility of Italy’s legal framework for gaming with the right of establishment and the freedom to provide services. The new ruling confirms principles already established in the landmark Gambelli(1) and Placanica(2) decisions (see “ECJ…
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14MarItalian government approves new rules on foreign investment in strategic sectorsOn March 9 the Italian Government approved a Law Decree setting forth for the first time a broad set of governmental intervention and veto powers in certain strategic sectors: defense; energy; transportation; communications. This new set of rules will have a significant impact on companies operating in such sectors. In particular, the new rules include…
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6MarIl tar Lazio boccia nuovamente il piano di numerazione automatica dei canali della televisione digitale terrestre: quale sarà la decisione finale del Consiglio di Stato?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…
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12JanCrisis could force restart of digital dividend allocation plansIn 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…
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1DecLawyer monthly – Telecommunications lawAs 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…Article filed under: Regulatory
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20JunSelf-regulatory framework for behavioural advertising – greater transparency and control for usersOn April 14 2011 IAB Europe, a body representing the European digital industry, released a Europe-wide self-regulatory framework for online behavioural advertising (OBA). The framework includes best practices for enhancing transparency and greater user control over OBA within the European Economic Area. The OBA framework is the result of a collaboration between IAB Europe and…
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10MarAgcom fight piracy with greater availability of contentOn December 17 2010 the Communications Authority (AGCOM) issued a draft paper on the protection of copyright on electronic communication networks, attachment B to Resolution 668/10/CONS, published in the Official Journal on January 3 2011. The public consultation on the paper closed on March 4 2011, but the debate about many of the issues that…Article filed under: Regulatory
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