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In August 2001, the Malta Broadcasting Authority published Guidelines on the Broadcasting Coverage of Tragic Events. The guidelines were prepared by the Advisory Committee on Quality and Ethics in Broadcasting and are intended as guidelines for television and radio broadcasters in the reporting of tragedies. In the introductory section it is pointed out that the coverage given by the various television stations in Malta to tragedies that occurred during the summer of 2000 sparked the Broadcasting Authority's initiative to publish a set of guidelines. Similar documents in other countries were consulted,...

On 25 September 2001 a list of major events was published as Legal Notice 806 of 2001. Broadcasters are prohibited from broadcasting on an exclusive basis any events that are regarded by the Malta Broadcasting Authority as being of major importance for society. The publication of this legal notice comes as a further step in Malta's efforts to fully transpose the Council of Europe's Convention on Transfrontier Television into domestic law. The list includes local and international cultural and sporting events, as well as a number of traditional Maltese festivals, such as the Malta carnival and...

On 16 April, the Advisory Committee on Quality and Ethics in Broadcasting of the Malta Broadcasting Authority published a document entitled: "Consultative Document on the Use of the Maltese Language in the Broadcasting Media". Concerned by the challenge posed by globalisation to a language community as small as the Maltese one, this document is intended to prepare the ground for a wider debate in Malta on the use of language in broadcasting. The document states that previously, "the Maltese language in general was faced by fewer challenges and threats than today as is the case with the haphazard...

Following the adoption of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2000, several pieces of subsidiary legislation have been published and since then have come into force. The 2000 legislative package comes in the light of Malta's efforts to implement the Council of Europe's Transfrontier Television Convention (signed 1991 and ratified in 1993) and EC Directives 89/552/EEC and 97/36/EC. In 2000 Malta tacitly ratified the Protocol amending the convention on Transfrontier Television. A few points have been selected to highlight the legislative background of these recent legislative changes: The Broadcasting...

In July 2000, Act No. XV amending the Broadcasting Act 1991 (as amended by Act XIV 1993), became effective. Key features of the law now include provisions allowing for wider media ownership, a definition of "teleshopping" as well as amendments to the "must carry obligation" imposed on cable TV operators. It also contains restrictions on the transfer of broadcasting licenses. In its original version, the Broadcasting Act provided that a licensee could only obtain either a TV or a radio licence. In its 1993 amendment, the law widened this provision to allow for ownership of both a TV and a radio...