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On 1 January 2008, a film support agreement entered into force between the Amsterdam based Dutch Film Fund (Nederlands Fonds voor de Film), which is under the patronage of the Dutch Ministry of Culture, and the Brussels based Flemish Audiovisual Fund (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds - VAF) set up by the Government of the Flemish Community. The agreement applies until 31 December 2008, after which the term is automatically extended for one year unless and until either of the contracting parties terminates the co-operation by informing the other party by the end of November at the latest. Article 5.9...

A long-standing dispute, involving several Muslim organisations, over broadcasting time has finally been resolved by the Dutch Media Authority (see IRIS 2007-6: 14). Article 39f of the Dutch Media Act sets out the rules concerning religious broadcasting time and has enabled several different faiths existing in the Netherlands to reach out to their followers by airing programmes by means of allocated broadcasting time. Different organisations representing Dutch Muslims had been vying for air time since 1 September 2005. That date marked the beginning of the Dutch Media Authority’s reshuffling of...

In May 2007, the extreme-right, anti-immigration party Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest - VB) started a lawsuit against all newspapers/publishing groups in the Flemish community in Belgium. The newspapers had all refused to publish the political advertisements of VB in the pre-election period, a few weeks and days before the federal elections of 10 June 2007. The newspapers did, however, publish advertisements from other political parties. Only one newspaper was not targeted by VB: the left-wing orientated De Morgen (the VB probably did not even consider the possibility of having an electorate amongst...

On 25 July 2007, the Dutch District Court of Amsterdam delivered its judgment in a case pitting the interests of the public broadcasting organisation NOS (the umbrella organisation representing all of the Netherlands’ public service broadcasters) against the recently dismantled commercial television broadcaster Talpa - previously owned by media magnate John de Mol, one of the founders of the Endemol media empire (famous for the Big Brother reality show). The dispute concerned the coveted broadcasting rights of the national soccer league. These rights had been purchased by Talpa during the auction...

The summer months have brought good news to the Dutch film industry. On 12 July 2007, the European Commission approved two new film measures: the Suppletieregeling Filminvesteringen Nederland (Supplement to Dutch Film Investments Arrangement)and a revised version of the Regeling Lange Speelfilm (Long Feature Film Arrangement). These measures create new funds, worth a total of EUR 162 million, meant to support the production of Dutch films. The Dutch Film industry has benefited since 1999-2000 from various forms of aid. One in particular, the Film- Commanditaire Vennootschap (Film-Limited Partnership),...