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On 19 June 2007, the Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Conference of Regional Media Authority Directors - DLM) adopted new rules for TV competitions, which had been developed in consultation with private TV broadcasters. They are designed to assist the interpretation of Art. 41 (1) (4) of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Broadcasting Agreement - RStV), under which broadcast channels must comply with the provisions of general laws and rules on the protection of personal dignity and minors. These rules of application and interpretation were first introduced in October 2005. The...

On 27 June 2007, the Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Conference of Regional Media Authority Directors - DLM) adopted a revised version of the third structural paper on the distinction between broadcasting and media services (see IRIS 2004-1: 11). The DLM had asked the Gemeinsame Stelle Programm, Werbung und Medienkompetenz (Joint Body on Programming, Advertising and Media Competence - GSPWM) and the Gemeinsame Stelle Digitaler Zugang (Joint Body on Digital Access - GSDZ) to revise the paper on 20 March 2007, particularly in the light of the recently adopted 9. Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrag...

The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) has approved the acquisition of the pay-TV rights for the football Bundesliga from Arena by its competitor Premiere and will tolerate co-operation between the former competitors up until 30 June 2009. Arena had bought the rights to broadcast the Bundesliga for three seasons, starting from 2006/07, for EUR 220 million per season. However, the company did not reach its target of 2.5 million subscribers, generating losses of EUR 200 million in the first season alone. Therefore, for the next two seasons, the broadcasting rights have been sold to Premiere....

On 30 May 2007, the Hessian Parliament adopted a decision amending the Hessisches Privatrundfunkgesetz (Hessian Private Broadcasting Act - HPRG), which is the legal basis for the rights of the private electronic media in the Land of Hesse. The amendment extended the Act’s scope of application to telemedia comparable to broadcasting (i.e., telemedia directed at the public). This is reflected in the new name of the supervisory authority: Hessische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (Hesse State Authority for Commercial Broadcasting and New Media). The amendment, in particular the...

According to press reports, in response to an application by the television broadcasting group BSkyB, the Landgericht Berlin (Berlin District Court) issued an interim injunction on 6 June 2007 prohibiting the broadcaster Premiere from either using the word “Sky” as part of the “Premiere Sky” satellite TV package that it has announced or as part of the name of the subsidiary company that operates the package (Premiere Sky GmbH), due to the risk of confusion, and pending a decision on the merits of the case. The same applies to the distribution of programmes in Germany and Austria. BSkyB has had...