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A new procedure for granting broadcasting licences (the first failed because of lack of economic elements in the applications) for analog terrestrially broadcast television is currently in hand (see IRIS 2003­8: 11). Calls for tenders were published by the national council for radio and television (CNRT), the independent authority responsible for supervising radio and television, in October and November, for 6 national licences, 51 regional licences and 57 local licences. Although there is little doubt concerning the five private national channels (Mega, Antenna, Alpha, Star and Alter) that operate...

Several additions and amendments have been made to the legal framework for media and the written press by virtue of a law dealing primarily with the Press and Communication Departments of the Ministry of the Press and the Mass Media. Among the provisions concerning the financial transparency of audiovisual companies, the new law establishes control mechanisms governing, on the one hand, contracts of pledge concerning stakes in audiovisual companies that include the right to vote at their annual general meetings (placing them under the control of the independent regulatory authority ­ NRTC, see...

The Presidential Decree 77/2003, published on 28 March 2003, ratified a new code of conduct for news and other political programmes drafted by the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR). This code of conduct was drawn up in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 3(15) of Law 2328/1995. Under this Article, prior to the elaboration of codes of conduct, the National Council for Radio and Television must seek the opinion of the National Federation of the Reporters' Associations, as well as the opinion of the Advertising Agencies and advertisers' representative associations, of the...

Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (see IRIS 2001-5: 3) was implemented in Greece by Article 81 of Law no. 3057/2002, which regulates questions regarding the Ministry of Culture. The above Law entered into force in October 2002. The new provisions are incorporated into Law no. 2121/1993 on copyright and related rights, which is the main legal instrument governing all issues regarding the field of copyright. The above Law has been amended several times...

The national film institutes of the 15 Member States of the European Union have made a common declaration on the importance of State aid for European films. This is the first time the film institutes have made a common statement. The national film institutes are publicly funded and were founded to support national and European film culture. In this common declaration the institutes express their concerns regarding the necessity for State aid for European films. The institutes are worried that the audio-visual sector in Europe will be left solely to the chances of free market forces. In the declaration,...