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In IRIS 1996-4:11 we announce the publication of a report on the introduction of digital terrestial broadcasting in Sweden. The report has been fiercely debated and criticized for being too optimistic and drastic. The Swedish Government believes there are no grounds strong enough at present for making such a far reaching decision as the report suggested. The Government has consequently presented a Bill on terrestial digital TV broadcasting. The Bill opts for the gradual introduction of digital TV. During an introduction period of one year, starting at the earliest in the autumn of 1997, digital...

T-Shirts, merchandised by Sveriges Television (SVT), the Swedish public broadcaster, have been the subject of pirating activities. One of the company's most important programmes in terms of merchandising, is the popular children's programme Björnes Magasin . Björne is a big bear played by the actor Jörgen Lantz in disguise. The illegal T-shirts, picturing Björne, were sold in Stockholm. Trademark and copyright infringement is a criminal offence in Sweden and therefore, SVT reported both trademark and copyright infringement to the Public Prosecutor. The Public Prosecutor decided to bring only the...

The Swedish Broadcasting Commission has examined TV3, a Swedish satellite TV broadcaster established in United Kingdom. Due to its establishment in London, TV3 comes under the supervision of the Independent Television Commission (ITC). Earlier, The Swedish Broadcasting Commission considered the Swedish Satellite Act as not applicable to TV3 ( see IRIS 1995-10: 11). Despite this, the Commission has now reported to the Swedish Government about TV3's broadcasts from the UK aiming at the Swedish audience. In a special report to the Ministry of Culture the Broadcasting Commission examines whether the...

On 19 July 1996 the Swedish Parliament adopted a new Radio and Television Act, which is to come into force on 1 December 1996. The Act sets out the first unified legislative framework for broadcasting in Sweden. In principle, it will cover all television broadcasting (terrestrial, cable and satellite) and radio broadcasting (nation-wide, commercial and non-commercial) aimed at the general public. Television broadcasts via satellite will be covered by the main regulation in Chapter 1, Section 4, if they can be received in an EEA State and the broadcaster's official registered office is in Sweden....

The report The Development of the Information Society: an International Analysis is the result of a pilot study to determine how to measure the UK's progress towards the information society. It was commissioned from Spectrum Strategy Consultants as part of the Department of Trade and Industry's Information Society Initiative (ISI). The consultants analysed the performance of the UK, five other G7 countries (USA, Canada, Japan, France and Germany) and three countries selected because of their pioneering activities within the context of the Information Society (Australia, Sweden and Singapore). According...