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A study paper has just been published by the states of Bavaria and Saxony which reflects on structural reform in public service broadcasting. The paper's main demand is the strengthening of the speccial interest programmes of the regional broadcasters to the detriment of the national ARD-programme for the general public. According to the paper a reform of this type is needed for two reasons: Firstly, the very necessary wide range of programs and interests, seen as an integral part of the ARD, has to be re-established and, secondly, costs must be reduced and yet be able to cover the needs of a...

The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed in an exchange of notes on 16 November 1992 that treaties concluded between Germany and the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were to continue apply unless an agreement with deviating provisions was reached. This means that an agreement on co-operation in the film industry concluded on 23 February 1972 is still in force. Under the agreement, co-produced films are treated as domestic productions subject to the domestic law of the country concerned. A co-produced film requires financial, technical and...

On 8th November, 1994 the Federal Constitutional Court ( Bundesverfassungsgericht) held a Hearing on the constitutional applicability of the European Television Directive of 1989. A ruling on this is expected at the beginning of this year. The case is especially important in the light of the expected revision of this Directive. In this case, known as the Federal Länder Lawsuit (Az 2 BvG 1/89), Bavaria and 7 other Länder are protesting against interference in their legal responsibility towards radio broadcasting. In April 1989, Bavaria had already tried to stop Bonn's participation in voting the...

On 28 November 1994, the vice-president of the German organisation of private broadcasters: `Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telekommunikation e.V. (VPRT)`, sent a position paper to the Prime Ministers of the German Länder in which it proposes a method of preventing the establishment of dominant opinion-forming positions in the media sector. According to the VPRT the relevant market to be taken into account is the German market of Federation-wide television programmes. Within this market maximum audience share of 33% is proposed as the upper limit of the market share a single media company may have....

On 11 May 1994 the local government of Saarland passed an Act to amend press legislation and broadcasting laws in their region. The Act was, however, a greatly toned down version of the original Bill. The aim of the amendment was to create a greater balance between the media and those concerned by giving them the right to reply as a means of protecting their private life, as defined under constitutional law, against media attacks. Under press legislation, such reply statements should be printed in an equivalent place on the same page as the first publication, using the same font and layout and...