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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...

On 24 March 2004, the Federal government accepted the bill on the amendment to the Deutsche Welle Act. The aim of this Act is to give a modern task profile to the public broadcasting station Deutsche Welle (DW), broadcasting radio programmes abroad. The primary objective is to present Germany abroad in its entire diversity and encourage understanding of and exchange between cultures and nations. The Act forbids any content-related standards in order to reinforce autonomy and journalistic independence. The new bill introduces a self-regulation system to enable DW to transparently discharge its stipulated...