Resumen de Italy: : AGCOM adopts new regulation on transfer of ownership and enforcement of concentration limits in the media sector
On 17 July 2014, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian media regulation authority - AGCOM) adopted a new regulation concerning the notification of transfers of ownership, mergers, and agreements in the broadcasting sector, as well as the enforcement of the concentration limits set out in the Consolidated Law on Audiovisual and Radio Media Services (CLARMS). The regulation, which consists of six chapters, replaces and repeals an earlier regulation attached to AGCOM Decision no. 646/06/CONS.
