13 October 2006

The Reform of the TV sector

I share in the commitment of the Minister Paolo Gentiloni who wants to break the monopoly of the advertising and TV market.
The Council of Ministers has accepted the amendments presented by Italia dei Valori to modify the draft decree carrying the name of Gentiloni. Today there was a follow up to what the Constitutional Court had already pointed out in the past, thus there is the obligation to transfer the broadcasting channels in excess of the second network. The obligation comes into effect in 90 days from the publication of the law.
With the release of the third channel keeping an autonomous TV will be guaranteed. And the rights acquired by third parties will be safeguarded, as for example Europa 7. The fragmentation of the frequencies has been avoided. This would have prevented breaking up the current duopoly in the TV market and would have destroyed the expectations of commercial operators (recognised even at a judicial level) .
The approval of our proposal relating to the audience ratings is of equal importance. This avoids a conflict of interests between those who carry out this activity and the operators in the sector. For this reason, it will not be permitted that a company connected with TV or radio broadcasting can be part of a company connected with the activity of Auditel {monitoring audiences}.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Information