PLURALISM, TRANSPARENCY OF MEDIA SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PROTECTION OF THE EUROPEAN WORKS IN THE NEW AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION ACT

This paper deals with three aspects of the new general law of audiovisual communication. First of all, audiovisual media pluralism. Pluralism is regulated in the law as a general principle of communication (not as a public right). Secondly, the transparency of audiovisual media service providers. Transparency is guaranteed through the public registry of providers, but it also has lost its nature as a public right. Finally, the new regulation of the protection of European works is considered, especially the new linguistic quotas and sub-quotas that are introduced in the law.