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Radio and television broadcasting is organised at three levels in Denmark. "Danmarks Radio" (DR) and "TV2" are public service stations with nation-wide range. TV2 also has a particular obligation to serve regional interests. Furthermore, regional communication is undertaken by regional broadcasters connected to DR and TV2, as well as other (licensed) radio- and TV stations, such as independent satellite or cable broadcasters. Finally, the local interests are served by about 50 local TV stations and 300 radio stations. Radio and TV broadcasting is subject to the Broadcasting Act 1992, which since...

Denmark has implemented the provisions of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive concerning the access of the public to major sports events. This makes Denmark the first Member State to take national measures pursuant to Article 3A of the Directive which ensures that broadcasters under its jurisdiction do not broadcast on an exclusive basis any events which are regarded by Denmark as being of major importance for society in such a way as to deprive a substantial proportion of the Danish public of the possibility of following such events via live coverage or deferred coverage on free television....

On 15 December 1997 representatives of the Government of Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark signed a Film and Video Co-Production Agreement. The agreement applies to all films produced by independent producers for exploitation in cinemas, on television, videocassette or by any other form of distribution, whether now known or to become known and irrespective of the film genre (feature film, animation or documentary), the length and the format. The films falling within the scope of this agreement are considered to be national works in accordance with the legislation applying in both countries. Accordingly,...

On 29 October 1997 a Bill on TV-rights to important sports events was proposed to the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). The Bill was drafted to transpose Article 3a of the revised "Television without Frontiers" Directive into Danish law. The Bill gives the Minister of Culture the power to lay down rules in accordance with Art. 3a, 1. These rules will be issued after the enacment of the Bill by Parliament, by means of an Executive Order containing the list of important events as well as special arrangements in connection with the list (regarding live or deferred transmission etc.). It is proposed...

The Danish High Court decided that the broadcasting of a cinemascope film that had been put on video tape (pan-scanned), was an infringement of the moral rights of the director of the film, since he had not waived his rights by contract. The American film director, Sydney Pollack, sued public broadcaster DR (Danmarks Radio) for showing a pan-scanned version of Pollacks "Three Days of the Condor". The film was originally produced in the cinemascope format with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, but the scanning reduced the film format to a TV format of 1.33:1. Pollack claimed, on the basis of Sec. 3(2)...