Netherlands
[NL] Further liberalisation of Media Act
IRIS 1996-8:1/19
Marcel Dellebeke
Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam
The first stage of the relaxation of the Mediawet (Media Act) was completed by Law of 4 April 1996, which introduced the possibility of local and regional private commercial broadcasting ( see IRIS 1995-8: 12 and IRIS 1996-5: 12).
References
- Wijziging van bepalingen van de Mediawet, de Wet op de Telecommunicatievoorzieningen en de Radio-Omroep- Zender-Wet 1935 in verband met de liberalisering van de mediawetgeving', Law of 4 April 1996, Staatsblad ns 219 (1996).
- Law of 4 April 1996, Staatsblad nº 219 (1996).
This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.