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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,...

The Dutch Government intends to amend the Media Decree (Mediabesluit) that implements provisions of the Media Act. The new Media Decree will allow municipalities to charge a maximal surplus of 2 guilders on the regular licence fee (omroepbijdrage), for the benefit of public local radio. In addition, the new Media Decree will establish criteria according to which it will be allowed to use (commercial) products and services in programmes broadcast by public service broadcasters. The Media Act see: IRIS 1995-7: 6). The Media Decree will limit the use to the extent that already generally allows such...

On 26 June 1996 an ad hoc commission installed by the Government of the Netherlands to advise on the future of the Dutch public broadcasting system (the Commissie-Ververs) published its conclusions and recommendations. The commission concludes that, in order for the public broadcasting system to survive, a radical transformation is required. The report suggests to change to a segmented structure; one segment consisting of the existing broadcasters in the public broadcasting system, the other segment being a central broadcasting organisation (a successor to the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation, NOS)....