Overview
- The Comisión Reguladora de Telecomunicaciones has a public consultation open until August 21, 2026, to gather feedback on lineamientos for radio and television audience rights.
- Presidential legal adviser Luisa María Alcalde has defended the draft publicly and said critics are running a campaign of disinformation that reflects ‘many hurt interests’.
- The proposal would require broadcasters to identify integrated advertising with a visible “P” on TV or a verbal notice on radio, adopt codes of ethics, appoint an audience ombudsman and set formal complaint procedures.
- The CRT says it will not decide news content and that its intervention would be reactive only when a concessionaire fails to respond to complaints, with judicial appeal available to media.
- The draft responds to a 2025 legal mandate and follows a longer debate about media rules dating back to a 2017 reform and a 2022 Supreme Court ruling, and the government is holding talks with the CIRT and other actors to refine technical details.