Advertising has taken different forms on television and on the internet, sometimes making it challenging for viewers to identify product placement, sponsorship, and endorsement cases.
This benchmark provides an overview of the main rules in place in the different countries.
Our research shows, for example, that all countries in the Americas allow hosts of TV programmes to endorse products related to sponsorship or product placement agreements, but only Brazil, Colombia and Mexico impose obligations on how viewers must be informed of such agreements.
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22 October 26
IoT regulation: new operational requirements reshape global connectivity
Cullen International's Quarterly Regulatory Update on IoT and M2M Services (Q3 2026) highlights how national regulators around the globe are shaping the future of IoT and M2M services.
21 October 26
Americas countries require satellite service providers to obtain a spectrum licence
Cullen International’s latest benchmark compares satellite regulation across the Americas, including service and spectrum licensing, registration requirements, spectrum allocations and fees, interference rules, migration between frequency bands and recent regulatory developments.
21 October 26
Around the world, many regulators examined communications apps through distinct lenses, but their interventions did not always lead to any enforcement
Cullen International's latest Global Trends benchmark for communications apps regulation shows how telecoms, consumer protection, data protection and competition regulators intervene in the number-independent communications apps sector. The benchmark addresses regulation apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat and iMessage across 13 jurisdictions around the world.