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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...

The Kingdom of Spain and the Netherlands reached an agreement on 27 February 1978 concerning cultural and scientific co-operation. The aim of the agreement, which came into force on 6 March 1979, is to promote joint co-operation on education, science and culture. Article 13 provides that the contracting countries must foster direct co-operation in the areas of radio, television and the press. According to Article 14, this also applies in particular to cinematographic co-productions and the exchange of artistic, documentary and scientific films and other audiovisual media productions that will...