Act No. 127 relating to broadcasting and audiovisual on-demand services (Broadcasting Act).
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Type of law
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Abstract
The present Act lays down rules on broadcasting and audiovisual on-demand services in Norway. It includes rules on advertising, defined as any form of marketing of a product, service, cause or idea in return for payment or similar consideration. The Act prohibits advertisement to be broadcasted in connection with children's programmes or on television or in audiovisual on-demand services specifically target children. Product placement is permitted on television and audiovisual on-demand services in films, fictional series, sports programmes and light entertainment programmes with the exception of programmes particularly directed at children. These rules applies to food products.
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Consolidated version as last amended by Act No. 12 of 18 March 2022. This Act also applies to Svalbard, Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies, as well as to facilities and installations on the Norwegian part of the Continental Shelf.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Lov om kringkasting og audiovisuelle bestillingstjenester (kringkastingsloven).