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In two recent cases the Swedish Broadcasting Commission decided upon the applicability of the Swedish Satellite Broadcasting Act on Swedish broadcasting companies established abroad. One of the cases concerned TV3. The Swedish Satellite Broadcasting Act applies to broadcasting companies established in Sweden. The Commission had to determine the criteria on which basis a company can be considered to be a "broadcasting company". The Act defines "broadcasting company" as a company which puts together and is responsible for the programming. In the case of TV3 two companies would come under this definition:...

On 7 March 1995 the Swedish Government announced the establishment of a National Council for Pluralism in the Media. Its general mandate is to safeguard freedom of expression by promoting pluralism in the media. The Council will submit a concluding report by summer 1998, when its future will be reconsidered. The tasks of the Council are: · to monitor and analyze developments - international, national, regional and local - in the mass media, in particular tendencies towards concentrations of ownership and other forms of influence on the media; · to participate in the public debate on pluralism...

On 17 October 1994 the Government of Canada and the Kingdom of Sweden signed an agreement on the promotion of film and video productions. The agreement applies to all films produced for exploitation in cinemas, on television, videocassette or for any other form of distribution, irrespective of the film genre (feature film, animation or documentary), the length and the format. Each co-production within the meaning of the agreement is considered for all purposes to be a national production by and in each of the two countries. Co-productions are accordingly fully entitled to take advantage of the...

Two new governmental organisations, one supervisory council on programme content and one agency for licensing new radio (and television) stations, have been set up on 1 July 1994. Reports and proposals on the following subjects have been sent out for consultations and will be considered by the Government during this year: * A new comprehensive legislation: radio and television ( SOU 1994:105); * The future of public service radio and television ( Ds 1994:76); * A fourth terrestrial television channel ( Ds 1994:105); * A report: applied mass media research ( SOU 1994:146). Furthermore two reports...