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The High Court decided on 25 November that it was neither unlawful nor irrational for the owner of a closed-circuit television system (in this case a local authority) to release footage to the media for the purpose of showing how succesful the system was in the prevention and detection of crime. However, the judge recognised that there might be "undesirable invasions of a person's privacy." In this case, a man's face was identified by family and friends as it was inadequately masked. The judge proposed that, until the Europena Convention on Human Rights had been fully incorpoarted into law, reliance...

The Independent Television Commission have decided to recommend that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport seek a Proscription Order in respect of the foreign satellite channel "Eurotica Rendez Vous" under Section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990. In recommending such an Order the ITC has to have regard to its effectiveness, namely, is there a trade for the service in the UK that can be affected by the Order? Eurotica is actively marketed and advertised in satellite listings magazines and dealers sell decoders and smartcards to enable it to be viewed in the country. Offences under...

The United Kingdom has made regulations to give effect to the European Union Council Directive 89/552 "Television without Frontiers" Articles. 2 and 3 concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities after the European Court of Justice had found the United Kingdom to be in breach by misinterpreting the basis on which satellite broadcasters fell within United Kingdom jurisdiction, by applying different regimes to domestic satellite services and non-domestic satellite services and by exercising control over broadcasts transmitted by broadcasters falling within the jurisdiction of other...

Preparing the launch of digital TV services in the United Kingdom, the Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) has set out its proposed approach to the pricing issues of conditional access services for digital television. Conditional access systems are used by broadcasters of pay-TV service to ensure that only authorised viewers either those who have paid to receive the service or those for whom the broadcaster has purchased rights are able to receive services. It is clear that conditional access services are crucial to the development of pay-TV. OFTEL's responsibilities in relation to the pricing...

The United Kingdom has made regulations restricting the use of videosenders for the purposes of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967, s. 7. The regulations restrict the importation, manufacture, sale, hire offer and advertisement of videosenders and also prohibit having such a sender in one's custody or control. However, the restriction on imports does not apply to imports from within the European Union or the European Economic Area. The purpose is to prevent interference from videosenders which might affect other services or equipment.