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At the beginning of March 2007 in a joint meeting with Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner responsible for Media and the Information Society, the heads of government of the German Länder presented the argument that the requirements of broadcasting should be adequately and appropriately taken into account in the reform of the series of directives on electronic communication. Accordingly, the goals of promoting cultural and linguistic diversity as well as pluralism in the media (Art. 8 Para. 1 Subpara. 3 RL 2002/21/EG), hitherto already set out in the framework directive, are to be maintained....

With its rulings of 6 May 2007, the Federal Supreme Court (BGH) once again took a position on the relationship between the privacy of public figures and the freedom of the press. The basis of these rulings arose from several complaints lodged by Princess (Caroline) of Hanover and her husband against several press publishing houses. The defendants had published articles in several of the magazines that they produce, which were illustrated with photographs of the plaintiff. With their complaint the well-known couple sought an injunction on the re-publication of these photos, which had all clearly,...

On 2 February 2007, the Gemeinsame Stelle Digitaler Zugang der Landesmedienanstalten (joint digital access office of the Land media authorities - GSDZ) presented a new draft discussion paper on navigators and electronic programme guides (EPGs) (see IRIS 2007-1: 7). The paper states that there is no competition between the different programme lists currently available, independently of set-top boxes, and that this could lead to discrimination between different services. In order to guarantee freedom of access as required under Art. 53 of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Broadcasting Agreement...

On 1 March 2007, the joint Media Law Agreement between the Länder of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Medienstaatsvertrag HSH) entered into force. The Agreement concerns, in particular, the merger between the Landesmedienanstalten (media authorities) of two Bundesländer , the Hamburgische Anstalt für neue Medien (Hamburg New Media Office - HAM) and Schleswig-Holstein's Unabhängige Landesanstalt für Rundfunk und neue Medien (Independent State Broadcasting and New Media Office - ULR) (see IRIS 2006-7: 10 and IRIS 2006-4: 11). The new joint supervisory authority is called the Medienanstalt Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein...

The Neunte Staatsvertrag zur Änderung rundfunkrechtlicher Staatsverträge (9th Inter-State Agreement Amending Inter-State Broadcasting Agreements - 9. Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrag - RÄStV) entered into force on 1 March 2007. The Minister-Presidents of the Länder and the Mayors of Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen had already approved the new amendment on 22 June 2006, which subsequently required the agreement of the parliaments of the Bundesländer . The 9. Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrag represents another important step in the reorganisation of the legal framework governing the media in Germany (see...