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In line with the announcement made in the run-up to the re-enactment of the Film Support Act (FFG) as amended, the revised version of which came into effect as early as 1 January 2004 (see IRIS 2004-1: 10 and IRIS 2003-5: 14), the directors of the Public Service Broadcasting Union of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD) at a meeting on 31 March 2004 in Saarbrücken, decided to increase the funding paid to the German film industry. The directors gave their consent to the conclusion of the 8 Film and Television Convention with the Film Support Authority (FFA) in accordance with § 67, Paragraph 1,...

According to press releases from the parties involved, the public broadcasting stations ARD and ZDF have come to an agreement with the Swiss Infront agency on 17 May 2004 on the granting of TV and radio broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup 2006, at a price of nearly EUR 230 million plus VAT. The agreement covers on the one hand the live broadcasting rights for 48 or 49 matches (a total of 64 World Cup matches will take place), which have been exclusively granted to the Germany-wide free TV stations ARD and ZDF. These rights cover all matches played by the German national team, the opening...

To ensure diversity of opinion, German television programme stations with full national coverage are obliged pursuant to article 25, section 4 of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (German Interstate Broadcasting Agreement, RStV) to broadcast so-called "window programmes" in conformity with provincial legal provisions. These time-limited programmes should be adapted in such a manner as to contain information directly related to the region concerned. Pursuant to article 25, section 2 of the RStV the broadcaster will be granted a bonus of 2% upon reaching legally-significant media concentration threshold...

Following the consent of the Bundestag (Federal Parliament), the Bundesrat (Federal Council) also assented to the bill amending the German Telecommunications Act (TKG). With this amendment, the new European legal framework regulating electronic communications has been implemented into German law. Through the stipulation of the principal objectives and the regulations of paragraph 2 the bill makes clear that the concerns of broadcasting stations are to be taken into account. The media legislation of federal provinces, which also includes the broadcasting act remain unaffected. The competent Regulatory...

TheBundestag (Federal Parliament) has further promoted the initiative of the Bundesrat (Federal Council) on the protection of privacy against unauthorised photography (see IRIS 2003-10:13 and IRIS 2004-3: 6). On 29 April the Federal Parliament adopted a corresponding act amending the penal code with the votes of all parliamentary factions. The modification of the previous bill stipulates that certain non-indictable cases of socially inappropriate behaviour shall be excluded from criminal liability. This includes in particular cases when the offender does not positively know that disclosure of pictures...