25 April, 2016 / By Nick Baker in Myanmar Times Myanmar remains one of the most repressive media environments in the world, according to a new report. The 2016 World Press Freedom Index, prepared by international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, ranked Myanmar 143 out of 180 countries included in the assessment. The overall score…
23 April, 2016 / By Pier Luigi Parcu in Euroactiv.com Freedom of expression and media pluralism are principles enshrined in the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. Member states are bound to guarantee them, as they represent the essence of liberal democracies. But Pier Luigi Parcu asks whether this is true in practice. Pier Luigi Parcu…
21 April, 2016 / By By Dunja Mijatović in Index on Censorship As the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, I believe that the rights afforded to producers and consumers of traditional media equally apply to new media platforms as well. That is why my office, an independent institution that is part of the Organization for…
20 April, 2016 / Vedran Pavlic in Total Croatia News Media freedom deteriorated around the world last year, according to an annual report published by Reporters Without Borders. That includes Croatia as well, which fell five places in the rankings compared to 2014, reports Novi List on April 20, 2016. The media freedom rankings cover…
April 8, 2016 / By Roderick Flynn, Irish Examiner A European project looking at media pluralism has found that ownership of newspapers and broadcasting outlets is becoming concentrated in fewer hands, says Roderick Flynn THE extent to which media constitute a pluralistic public sphere has been an issue in Ireland for some decades. Concern has focused on…
April 6, 2016 / By Colum Kenny, The Irish Times Some social and cultural groups have difficulty getting their voices heard ‘Paddy likes to know the full story,’ said Enda Kenny famously. But Paddy’s chances of getting the full story are reduced by factors identified in a new European report on the media. The report for…
April 4, 2016 / By Michael O’Regan The Irish Times Report calls for retrospective reform of competition law to restrict influence of individuals. Concentration of media ownership in Ireland poses a “high risk” to diversity of opinion, according to a report compiled by a Dublin City University lecturer. Fewer owners limit the opportunity for diversity of opinion and…
April 3, 2016 / By SHUBHDA CHAUDHARY, The Citizen.in In an attempt to silence Freedom of Speech and Expression, Argentina’s Television Channel Telesur is facing egregious silencing and abandoning from the government. Currently, Argentina has a 16 percent stake in La Nueva Television del Sur, the company that owns Telesur, whose other shareholders are Venezuela, Cuba,…
March 31, 2016 / By Gustavo Gómez en La red 21 Pese a que la Ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual (Ley SCA) de Argentina fue declarada constitucional por la Suprema Corte de Justicia argentina y valorada en su momento por los relatores de libertad de expresión de ONU y OEA por su equilibrio entre garantías para…
March 31, 2016 / By Cristina Papaleo, Deutsche Welle La decisión de Argentina de retirarse de Telesur fue anunciada por el Titular del Sistema Federal de Medios y Contenidos Públicos, Hernán Lombardi. El Estado argentino es accionario en un 16 por ciento y el fin de su participación tendría, de concretarse, un costo económico para…
March 30, 2016 / By By Chen Wei-han, Tapei Times The New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday proposed draft legislation to prevent media monopolies and to maintain media pluralism to address issues that sparked protests against media monopolization in 2012. The proposal seeks to limit media mergers, stipulating that a company cannot own more than three…
15 march 2016 / Adelina Marini. Published by euinside.eu “The independence of regulatory authorities in the audiovisual field is a very important issue. They are key to safeguarding media pluralism and media freedom. The Commission is therefore closely following recent developments in Croatia, whereby the government proposed the replacement of the entire Board of the…
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