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The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) has issued an official warning to a company of the Bertelsmann AG group, to the French TV channel Canal Plus and to a company belonging to Kirch Gruppe. The three companies, which jointly run the German pay-TV channel "Première", had drawn up an agreement not to compete against one another on the Pay-TV markets beyond their activities in "Première". This agreement was contested by the Federal Cartel Office and the companies have been threatened with legal action. A reply statement by the companies is expected in the near future.

Bertelsmann AG and the French TV channel Canal+ have set up a joint venture for the acquisition of TV broadcasting rights. Final decisions on the legal structure and the location of the head quarters are yet to be taken but until then, the company will operate under the name "Canal+UFA" in Hamburg. The company's primary activity will be to acquire and market television broadcasting rights.

The fourth Saarbrücken Media Congress is to take place from the 15 - 17 April 1995 at Halberg Castle. The theme of this year's congress will be "Communication throughout Europe - Markets, Makers, Consumers". Through lectures, workshops, debates and discussion with experts delegates will be given the opportunity to find out about current and future media policies in Europe. Delegates will also have the chance to talk with scientific, political and business experts on a wide range of topics going from the role of journalists in the media world of the year 2000 to issues concerning media concentration...

In IRIS 1995-3: 12-15, a list was published, updating Signatures and Ratifications of European Conventions that are relevant to the audo-visual sector. However, on the date of publication of IRIS 1995-3, on 24 March 1995, Germany and the Netherlands deposited their instruments of ratification. The Convention will now enter into force in Germany as well as in the Netherlands on 1 July 1995. Both countries made a Declaration on the time of depositing the instrument of ratification; the Declaration of the Netherlands includes a Territorial Declaration: Germany Declaration contained in a letter from...

On 13 March 1995, a draft of a fourth law to amend the Act on authors' rights and rights related to authors' rights (Urheberrechtsgesetz) of 9 September 1965 (BGBl. I p. 1273), lastly amended by the Act of 2 September 1994 (BGBl. I p. 227B, 2293), was put before the federal government. The government's draft is intended to implement Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 to harmonize national rules on the duration of authors' rights and certain related rights (OJ of 24.11.1993 No L 290: 9). The draft makes provision for a 50 year period of protection of performance rights for sound recording...