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On Thursday, 14 December 1995 the national Parliament adopted the final text of the Cable Telecommunications Act. Voting was not unanimous, with 186 votes in favour from the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Worker's Party) and the CIU (Centre) and 126 votes against from the Grupo Popular (Right Wing). This is the final stage of legislation which has given rise to much controversy and objections from the political opposition and the audiovisual sector. Amendments and criticism of the provisions of the Act have come from Antena 3 Televisión and a number of nation-wide consortia (including the operator Multivisión)...

The Cable Telecommunications Bill lays down the legal framework for cable or cable network supplied telecommunications, defining this service as the provision or the exchange of information in the form of images, sound, text, graphics or any combination of these, and supplied to the public at their homes or in other places by means of cable networks. The catchment areas for this service will be defined by zones that will include at least 20,000 inhabitants and a maximum of 1,500,000. The zones will be set out by the relevant municipal council and government of the Autonomous Community. The management...

The Advertising Self-Regulatory Association was set up by a hundred or so advertisers, advertising agencies and communications organisations in June 1995 with the aim of applying the codes of practice through a jury elected by the Association, although operating independently of the Association. Rafael Garcia Gutierrez was elected Chairman.

The spokesman for the Judges of the Supreme Court declared on 15 June 1995 that the broadcasting of the contents of King Carlos' taped telephone conversations constituted an offence. Article 18 of the Spanish Constitution guarantees the right to privacy, an essential part of the individual's rights. Legal precedents were set in the decisions of the Constitutional Court of 22/1984 and 114/1984. The Institutional Act 1/1982 of 5 May 1982 states that breach of the civil right to honour, personal and family privacy and self-image can be compensated by the award of damages. Articles 192, 192a, 197 and...

No Spanish TV channel will be broadcasting the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The channels failed to reach agreement over paying more than 350 million pesetas for the rights. Right until the last moment TV-3 was trying to salvage the contract, which had been drawn up with UFA, the German production, distribution and broadcasting rights company, which held worldwide rights to Wimbledon. Also, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the sale of TV broadcasting rights to the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 would generate a surplus of $ 900 million, 47% up on the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.