October
22, 2004
Venezuela: Assembly
approves more articles of media responsibility
law
(Venews.com reproduced by BBC Monitoring
Service) - "The approval of articles
5, 8 and 9 in the new Law of Social Responsibility
in Radio and Television will clarify the
definition of informative education and
cultural programmes in state and the private
media (…)
(…)
Articles 8 and 9 regulate all things
related to publicity, ads and promotions,
as well as restrictions and control
over advertising time... which will
be limited to 15 minutes per hour of
programming... in view of many complaints
from the public about continuous ads
during shows.
Santos
Amaral also said that content will be
regulated so that sex and violence,
for example, will not be transmitted
during children's TV hours. Furthermore,
article 9 prohibits any type of advertising
for alcoholic beverages and cigarettes
at any time; subliminal or covert publicity
will be regulated as well.
The AN deputy says
that discussion of articles 6 and 7
on other elements, schedules and schedule
restrictions respectively was deferred
since the AN is looking for greater
consensus from all sectors via the Technical
Table, of pro-government and opposition
legislators, which meets each Wednesday
at the National Assembly".
