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On 12 March 1993, Belgium’s French Community and the Republic of Portugal signed a three-year renewable agreement aimed at supporting the co-production of cinematographic works. According to the agreement, cinematographic works co-produced in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in it are regarded as domestically produced and thus reap the benefits associated with this classification. The conditions for enjoying these benefits are as follows: a declaration of intent must be made to the competent authorities (Direction générale de la Culture [Directorate General of Culture], Instituto...

On 24 February 1984, the governments of the Kingdom of Belgium and Canada signed in Brussels an agreement on mutual assistance to the film industry. The aim is to support Belgo-Canadian co-productions and foster the economic development of both countries. Films co-produced under the agreement are entitled to financial support under the provisions concerning the film industry that are either in force or may be decreed in each country. This also applies to the co-production of short films. Before shooting commences, co-productions to which this agreement is to apply require the approval of the relevant...

A major item under discussion is whether a new private commercial broadcasting organisation (VT4) licensed by the United Kingdom, will be given access to the Flemish cable networks. Refering to the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the TV10 case, the Flemish Minister of Culture actually is denying access to the cable networks in the Flemish Community. In the TV10 judgment the Court of Justice ruled that the provisions of the EEC Treaty on freedom to provide services are to be interpreted as not precluding a Member State from treating a broadcasting body constituted under the law of another...

The Flemish private commercial television, V.T.M. ( Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) has obtained a licence to start with a second channel. V.T.M. is regarded as an important instrument for the promotion of the audiovisual industry in the Flemish Community. The participation by Flemish newspapers and magazines within the commercial television organisation is formally organised and stimulated in order to help the press to survive and to protect media pluralism in the Flemish Community. At the same time, the "monopoly" of V.T.M. as the only private TV broadcaster for the Flemish Community, protected...

In a policy document unter the title "A future perspective for the media policy in the Flemish Community", the Flemish Minister of Culture has proposed a set of new policy options especially with regard to public broadcasting in the Flemish Community. BRTN, the public broadcasting organisation, needs to be better organised in order to fulfill its task as public service. More autonomy, more efficiency, a new and more flexible employment statute, an internal reorganisation of the board of governors and a new management based on business-units must be the instruments to let the public broadcasting...