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On 15 September 2005, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority), sent an official letter to the board of Directors of the Dutch Public Broadcasting Service. In that letter the Authority informed the Board of its intention to impose a fine of EUR 13.500. The Public Broadcasting Service is responsible for the broadcasting time allocated to blocks of advertisements (“STER broadcasting time”). The BNN programme “Top of the Pops” was found to have been illegitimately interrupted by these “STER” blocks of advertisements. The programme item “Top of the Pops”, broadcast on 20 August 2005,...

As of 1 September 2005, amendments to the Mediawet (Dutch Media Act) introduced by a bill adopted in mid-July have entered into force. The bill modifies the organizational infrastructure of the national public broadcasting service with a view to a more efficient coordination of supervisory, administrative and professional procedures. The Supervisory Board has for example been given a new structure (art. 18a) and a new advisory organ has been set up (art. 18c). A “negligence provision” has been introduced (art. 30a) as well as “performance-based” contracts (art. 30b). The former is designed to hold...

On 31 December 2003, the new Dutch Media Act came into force. One of the modifications had been the incorporation of some rules of the Mediabesluit (Dutch Media Decree), concerning commercial broadcasters, by the Mediawet (Dutch Media Act). Given these changes, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority) had to modify its policy rules, providing for enforcement as well as exemption rules, regarding the assessment of European, independent, recent, Dutch- or Frisian-language programme items (Beleidsregels programmaquota). These rules are applicable to public broadcasting services as well...

On 5 September 2005, during the `round-table discussion' with the Lower Chamber committee for Culture, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority), gave its opinion on the Dutch Cabinet's point of view, regarding the future of the Public Broadcasting Service. The Dutch Media Authority endorses the Cabinet's viewpoint that sweeping changes within the public broadcasting system are necessary in order to keep up with technological and cultural developments. The Cabinet's view on a new type of public service has been laid down in a provisional draft on which to build further. It calls for...

On 20 July 2005, manufacturers of blank DVDs and CDs initiated legal proceedings suing the Stichting de Thuiskopie (Foundation for the Private Copy) and the Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopievergoeding (Foundation which negotiates the levies - SONT) over the amount of the private copying levy on blank DVDs and CDs. The manufacturers claim that the levies for private copying are too high and that the current levies do not take into account technological developments. The manufacturers -amongst which are Fuji, Imation, Maxell, Mmore, Nashua, Sony, Verbatim and Philips- request the judge to order...