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Refine your searchIRIS 2003-7:1/42 [DE] Regional Windows to Stay | |
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As well as defining the remit of the public service broadcasters, the 7. Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrag (Amendment to the 7th Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting - RfÄStV), adopted at the end of June 2003, sets out some new regulations on improvements to regional reporting. In order to ensure diversity of opinion, Art. 25 (4) of the RfStV stipulates that general television programmes which are transmitted nationwide should include so-called window programmes in accordance with the provisions of State law. Under Art. 25 (2) RfStV, broadcasters which achieve a viewer rating of 25% to 30%, which... |
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IRIS 2003-7:1/41 [DE] Minister-Presidents Adopt 7th Amendment to the Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting | |
During the Conference of Minister-Presidents held at the end of June 2003, agreement was reached over future amendments to the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting - RStV). The amendments mainly relate to the remit of the public service broadcasters and the strengthening of regional reporting by private broadcasters. The remit of public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF and public service radio broadcaster DeutschlandRadio will be amended in two stages. Firstly, the broadcasters' general objectives and certain programming rules will be incorporated in a so-called Grundnorm... |
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IRIS 2003-7:1/29 [DE] Admissibility of Automated Rental of Pornographic Videos | |
In a ruling issued on 22 May 2003 (case no. 1 StR 70/03), the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court BGH) decided on the admissibility under criminal law of renting out pornographic videos using automated video libraries. The defendants run an automated video library in the form of a club. Around 30% of the videos available for rental contain pornographic material. The video dispensing machine is located in business premises which are not staffed and to which access is restricted. People wishing to rent videos must fill out a written application form. Using this form and the applicant's identity... |
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IRIS 2003-7:1/13 [DE] Approval for FSF | |
On 18 June 2003, the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for Youth Protection in the Media KJM) decided to approve the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Fernsehen (Voluntary Self-Regulatory Authority for Television - FSF). According to Article 19.1 of the Staatsvertrag über den Schutz der Menschenwürde und den Jugendschutz in Rundfunk und Telemedien (Inter-State Agreement on the protection of human dignity and of minors in broadcasting and telemedia), approved voluntary self-regulatory bodies may monitor the compliance of affiliated electronic service providers with the provisions of the Agreement... |
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IRIS 2003-7:1/12 [DE] Decision on Telephone Sex Advertising and Sex Clips | |
At its meeting on 19 and 20 May 2003, the Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Congress of Land Media Authority Directors - DLM) decided that the Landesmedienanstalten (Land Media Authorities) and the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for Youth Protection in the Media - KJM), which was set up in April this year, should act to combat the increasing number and form of telephone sex advertisements and sex clips on television. The decision was taken on the basis of the survey of "telephone sex advertisements and sex clips" carried out by the Gemeinsame Stelle Jugendschutz, Programm,... |