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In December 2000, the Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Congress of Land Media Authority Directors - DLM) issued a statement on the European Commission's proposals for a new regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services. The Proposal for a Directive on a Common Regulatory Framework (COM (2000) 393 final) aims, in view of the convergence phenomenon, to create a common regulatory framework for all electronic communications networks and services. The Proposal for a Directive on Access (COM (2000) 384 final) seeks to secure the further development of the electronic...

Sports rights agency SportA, acting for the public service broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten Deutschlands (ARD) and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) has concluded a new television contract with the governing bodies of 32 different sports. Under the new deal, the broadcasters can report on the sports concerned (which do not include football) until 2006. They will enjoy exclusive global broadcasting rights, which will also cover transmissions via the Internet. The sports bodies will no longer have to pay for television coverage, although some sports will lose their right to...

The Landesmedienanstalten (Land media authoritiesLMS), which are responsible for monitoring commercial television broadcasters, are planning to license special television channels aimed at all actual and potential customers of a specific company, ie an unlimited number of people, as "self-advertising channels". The LMS felt they needed to take this step because this new phenomenon is becoming increasingly common, combining information about the company itself with other material, which differentiates it from so-called "Business-TV". Companies use "Business-TV" purely for the internal transmission...

On 19 December 2000, after much strong criticism of the government coalition's proposals in the early drafting stages, the Hessian Landtag (state parliament) adopted amendments to the regional broadcasting laws, which had been improved in several respects. In the end, the Gesetz über den Hessischen Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting Act - HR-Gesetz) did not mention the so-called "compulsory mandate" for members of the Broadcasting Council. The original draft stated that all members of the Council could be immediately withdrawn by the organisations they represented, whereas the previous version of...

In a decision of 4 October 2000, the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Berlin Administrative Court) ordered, at the request of ProSieben Media AG, that its complaint against a decision by the supervisory Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (Berlin-Brandenburg Media Authority - MABB) should have suspensory effect. Following the merger of ProSieben Media AG and SAT1 Holding GmbH on 2 October 2000, ProSiebenSAT1 Media AG is the legal successor to the dissolved firm ProSieben Media AG. The case concerned advertising on ProSieben for news broadcaster N24, which is wholly owned by ProSiebenSAT1. It was alleged...