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Agcom opens a case against Rai

The sectoral watchdog Agcom has opened a case against Rai for presumed violations of the broadcasting law (legge Gasparri) in the ongoing Travaglio case. The authority cites two grounds for their decision: the commitment to protection of fundamental rights (article 4), and the commitment to honouring the service contract (article 48).
I find it hard to […]

Posted 14 May 2008 † Chris § travaglio § agcom § italy § rai ‡ Comments (0)

Rai approves new service contract

Rai today agreed a new service contract with the Communications Minister Paolo Gentiloni. According to this write-up, the contract was extensively modified after parliamentary hearing. The one big word to take away from the process (or two words, for Ritchie-Bartlett watchers)? Unfunded mandate:
Il problema e’ che secondo un conteggio ‘interno’ alla Rai, queste modifiche […]

Posted 05 April 2007 † Chris § funding § italy § rai ‡ Comments (0)