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On 6 March 2002, German pay-TV provider Premiere and Arcor Online, which operates an extensive national telephone and data exchange network, signed an agreement concerning a video-on-demand pilot project. Arcor Online has been offering a video-on-demand service from its online platform www.arcor.de since December 2001. Premiere is now planning to use this platform to offer an extensive package of feature films, which it will market jointly with Arcor. The package will be available under the "Premiere" brand name from summer 2002 at the latest. Users will need a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and...

In early February 2002, broadcasters ARD and ZDF expressed their joint endorsement of the so-called "signal solution" for the digital satellite transmission of the 2002 football World Cup. ARD and ZDF acquired the rights to broadcast the World Cup in Germany from the Kirch group. However, satellite broadcasts can also be received in other European countries. In its contract with ARD and ZDF, Kirch had insisted that the licensees should only be allowed to broadcast the event digitally via satellite provided they did not breach the exclusive transmission rights of licensees in other countries. There...

At their meeting in mid-March 2002, the Directors of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (union of German public service broadcasters - ARD) decided on their strategy for digital broadcasting. Of particular significance is their intention to use all the different transmission methods in such a way as to ensure that all viewers and listeners can be reached in an appropriate way. The ARD's broadcasting and telecommunications board (RUTE), chaired by the Director of Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarland broadcasting corporation - SR), had...

On 13 February 2002, TV broadcasters ARD, ORB, SFB, ZDF, ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL and the broadcasting regulator in Berlin, Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB), agreed that all terrestrial television channels received by means of standard aerials should use the digital DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) format by mid-2003. DVB-T programmes can be received by means of conventional aerials as long as a decoder (set-top box) is fitted. DVB technology enables viewers to receive a much larger number of channels. Another advantage is the possibility of mobile reception. Apart from the...

On 14 March 2002 the new Saarländische Mediengesetz (Saarland Media Act) entered into force. This Act contains regulations on the press, the organisation and distribution of broadcasting and media services, the allocation of transmission frequencies and the implementation of trials with new broadcasting techniques and media services (for details on the regulations, see IRIS 2001-6: 4). This Act replaces the Landesrundfunkgesetz (Saarland Broadcasting Act - LRG) and the Saarländische Pressegesetz (Saarland Press Act - SPresseG). The new Act does not affect the Staatsvertrag über den Rundfunk im...