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After long and difficult negotiations between the public broadcasting organisation VRT and the Flemish Government, a new agreement has been reached on the specific rules and conditions for the allocation of public finances to the VRT. According to Articles 15-17 of the Flemish Broadcasting Act, such an agreement between the VRT and the Flemish Government is necessary for each new period of five years. The new executive agreement will replace the agreement for 1997-2001. The agreement emphasises the "mission statement" of the VRT, as formulated in the Flemish Broadcasting Act (Article 8), with...

On 19 June 2001, the Commissariaat voor de Media (the Dutch Media Authority) announced its decision to ban the regional public broadcasting station L1 from the further exploitation of its commercial Internet site, www.L1boulevard.nl. The site is a virtual shopping mall, where regional companies can place their latest offers and consumers may search for desired products and services. It is a cooperative venture with the Belgian regional broadcaster TV Limburg, which has an almost identical site and a link to its Dutch counterpart. According to the Dutch Media Authority, this kind of commercial...

The Dutch kabinet (Council of Ministers) has agreed with the proposal of the Minister of State for Education, Culture and Science, Rick van der Ploeg, to grant licences for Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T). One licence - covering four of the five multiplexes to be awarded by the Government - will be granted to a commercial operator on the basis of a "beauty contest". The other licence, that covers one multiplex, will go to the public broadcasters. At least 80% of the capacity will be allocated for broadcasting traditional television programmes. The remaining capacity may be used for...

The Minister is of the view that it would be better for the further development of the portalsite and accompanying services to take place independently of the Government. Arguments for this include the Minister's reservations about being in a position whereby he would be able to influence the content of education by determining the content of the portalsite. Continued responsibility for Kennisnet could leave him in such a position. The Minister published a handvest (charter) entitled Kennisnet which, inter alia, allows limited-scale advertising on Kennisnet. He believes that the participation...

The Dutch commercial broadcasting station Veronica has lost its chosen name ME in a dispute over trademark infringement. Ruling in summary proceedings, the District Court of Utrecht held that ME is confusingly similar to WE, the well-known trademark of a chain of clothing stores. The station, owned by RTL/Holland Media Groep (RTL/HMG), will be obliged to drop its current name, Veronica, on 1 September 2001, following the withdrawal from RTL/HMG in May 2000 of the Veronica broadcasting association, which owns the Veronica trademark. After losing ME to WE, the former Veronica has decided to take...