Spain

[ES] Amendment of the Andalusian Decree on Local Terrestrial TV

IRIS 2001-6:1/13

Alberto Pérez Gómez

Entidad publica empresarial RED.ES

In November 2000, the Andalusian Government approved a Decree on Local Terrestrial TV. This Decree regulates the granting of concessions for the provision of local TV services in Andalusia. The Decree implements national legislation in this field, in particular the national Act on Local Terrestrial TV (Act 41/1995). However, the national Government regarded this Andalusian Decree as not being fully compliant with Article 7 of the national Act 41/1995, which prohibits the creation of local networks and (with some exceptions) the local terrestrial TV concessionaires from entering into networking agreements. In order to clarify the situation, the Andalusian Government has finally decided to amend Article 6 of its Decree so as to ensure compliance with the provisions of national media law in this field, which the Decree now incorporates almost literally.