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The Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) has made two new rulings with respect to its supervisory power over access to cable networks ( see IRIS 1996-6:11 and IRIS 1996-8: 14). Regarding the complaint of New Dance, the Authority on 8 October ruled in favour of the complainant. New Dance, a commercial radio station which specialises in contemporary dance music, was refused access to the cable network of the municipality of The Hague. The cable network of The Hague is operated by Casema , who have the power to suggest a change in programming to the city council of The Hague. New Dance...

In IRIS 1996-8: 11 we published an article on the further liberalisation of the Dutch Media Act. Unfortunately, the text of the article was not complete. Therefore, please find below the full text version of the article: The Dutch Government has introduced a Bill in Parliament containing the second stage of the liberalisation of the Media Act (Mediawet) , which also entails changes in the laws concerning the telecommunications infrastructure ( Wet op de telecommunicatievoorzieningen and Radio-Omroep-Zender-Wet 1935 ). The first stage of the relaxation of the Mediawet was completed by a Law of 4...

On 23 July and 30 July 1996, the Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) has issued its first rulings in disputes over access to cable networks (in the U.S. called cable systems). By a law of 4 April 1996, the Media Authority has been given this supervisory power to ensure that programme-suppliers are only refused access to cable networks on clear, reasonable and fair grounds (Article 69 of the Media Act, Mediawet ). The regulatory power is set to expire on 1 January 1997 ( see IRIS 1996-5: 12 and IRIS 1996-6: 11). In the case of the complaint of NetHold Benelux against Kabeltelevisie...

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).

The President of the District Court of Amsterdam decided on 16 August 1996against the claim of the Dutch consumer interests' organisation (Consumentenbond) that the Dutch-language commercial broadcasters should be forced to continue the analogue transmissions of their television programmes on the ASTRA-satellite system. Since 1 July 1996, RTL (CLT), Veronica, SBS6 and MultiChoice (NetHold) transmit their programme signals in digital format and as a consequence they decided to stop their analogue transmissions on 19 August to cut costs. The broadcasters have offered the various cable companies,...