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The national film institutes of the 15 Member States of the European Union have made a common declaration on the importance of State aid for European films. This is the first time the film institutes have made a common statement. The national film institutes are publicly funded and were founded to support national and European film culture. In this common declaration the institutes express their concerns regarding the necessity for State aid for European films. The institutes are worried that the audio-visual sector in Europe will be left solely to the chances of free market forces. In the declaration,...

On 1 January 2003, a new Lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed (Danish Act on radio and television broadcasting, Act no. 1052 of 17 December 2002) came into force. The Act represents a significant liberalisation compared to the previous Act. Pursuant to Chapters 1 and 8, the right to broadcast, i.e. to provide programme services to the general public, can be obtained in three ways: 1) by specific authorisation in accordance with the Act, which is given only to the national public service broadcasters (DR and TV2, including the regional TV2 enterprises); 2) by a licence granted by the Radio and...

On 3 June 2002, the Danish Government and the Dansk Folkeparti (Danish Popular Party) concluded a Mediepolitisk aftale for 2002-2006 (agreement on Media Policy for 2002-2006). The agreement will be politically binding from 3 July 2002 until 31 December 2006. It will have to be implemented by law in order to have legal force. The Agreement is based on a booklet entitled "Kvalitet, klarhed og konkurrence. Danskernes radio og tv i fremtiden. Regeringens udspil til ny mediepolitik - maj 2002" ("Quality, Clarity and Competition. Radio and TV for the Danes in the Future. The Government Draft for a New...

Danish legislation on the information and communication media has to be adapted to the development of new technology by which the separate media shall be able to converge into multifunctional entities. In preparation for the arrival of the future information society a Committee established by the former Minister for Culture, Elsebeth Gerner-Nielsen, issued a report on convergence in the networked society (Konvergens i netværkssamfundet) on 7 June 2001. The report - examining the motives, powers and scenarios of future development - evaluates in Chapter 6 the sectoral legislation in force and its...

In September 2000, a decision of the High Court in London allowed the commercial TV station TVDanmark1 to broadcast an important football match between Denmark and Iceland to the Danish public even though the broadcaster is accessible to only 55% - 60% of the Danish population on a subscription basis. The Court decided that TVDanmark1 has no obligation to offer access to football matches to the national Danish public service broadcasters. The limited access offered to the Danish public by TVDanmark1 would thus seem to be contrary to the Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC. Article...