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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.

The 14 July 1995 is the date of expiration of the delay for the entry into force of the articles of the Act of transposition of the Directive "Television without frontiers", which regulate the advertisement breaks during long-run films as well as for information programmes, documentaries and children programmes.

On 20 June 1995, the Parliament of Gallicia passed a Bill on tobacco and spirits.The new law lays down severe restrictions on advertising for tobacco and spirits in magazines and newspapers published in Gallicia, all such advertising is forbidden on the front pages as well as in the sports, leisure and children's sections. No advertising for alcoholic drinks can be shown on television between 8 and 10pm.

In May and June 1995, about 6 months after law 43/1994 was passed, incorporating into Spanish legislation EEC directive 92/100/CEE of 19 November 1992 on rental and lending rights and certain rights related to copyright, the Spanish rental sector issued a string of protests over the situation whereby Cultural Centres could rent videos without paying rental fees, while the Spanish Performing Rights Association (the SGAE) was appointed to collect royalties from the video rental companies. Spanish law defines compensatory payment for copies for private use as a single, fair payment made to compensate...