Albania: : Regulator approves decision on must-carry rules for cable televisions

• Autores: Ilda Londo
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 6-7
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • The regulator of audiovisual media, the Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive (Audiovisual Media Authority- AMA), approved the decision �On the must-carry obligation of national programmes by networks of electronic communications authorized for rebroadcasting of audio and audiovisual programmes in these networks� in a meeting convened on 26 March 2014. The regulator reported that this decision was in line with Law no. 97/2013 �On Audiovisual Media in Republic of Albania� (see IRIS 2013-8/9). More specifically, the regulator cited Article 87 of the law, �Retransmission obligations� which states: �The AMA has the right to impose reasonable obligations on the media service providers for broadcasting one or more audio and audiovisual programmes of general interest to the public to ensure their reception in the territory of the Republic of Albania at a national, regional or local level. The retransmission obligations pursuant to point 1 of this article shall be imposed in conformity with the principles of proportionality and transparency only on electronic communication operators, whose networks are utilised by a considerable number of users as the main way of receiving audiovisual programmes and only if this is in the interest of the public.�