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On 4 November 1997 an important understanding was signed by Italy's national broadcasters Canal Plus, mediaset, Cecchi Gori Group and RAI, of the one part and the now privatized main telecom operator Telecom Italia, of the other part. Object of the Memorandum is the creation of a single digital platform for the distribution of TV programmes via cable and satellite. The text of the Memorandum requires the platform to be opened to all the potential content providers, which in turn will provide programmes in their final version. The service provider, a new company created by all of the above mentioned...

The Government Commission in charge of reviewing films intented for public distribution in film theatres decided on 3 March 1998 not to licence the film "Totò che visse due volte", realised by the directors Ciprì and Maresco. The provision which gives the Commission such powers is contained in law No 161 of 21 April 1962 (Article 2). According to the same law, authors and producers can appeal against the decision before another Commission as well as before the Administrative Tribunals. The decision is based on various grounds. The Commission inter alia considers the film to be blasphemous vis-à-vis...

On 15 April 1997, the Court of Cassation decided on the application of the "Television without Frontiers" A national broadcaster, Telemarket, the holder of a national licence to broadcast via terrestrial frequencies, was condemned by the Garante per l'editoria e la radiodiffusione to the payment of a fine. The broadcaster had transmitted fifteen hours of teleshopping programmes on one and the same day, therefore violating Article 18, paragraph 9 of Italian law n° 223 of 1990, enacted to transpose the "Television without Frontiers" Directive into Italian law. The broadcaster took legal action against...

On 29 May 1997, the Italian Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) published the amended Ministerial Decree to intervene urgently in favour of the film industry, which had been adopted on 24 March 1997. The Decree foresees in the simplification of the administrative procedures that are to be followed for the granting of Italian nationality to national productions and productions of national cultural interest. The new provisions aim at drastically cutting down the time-consuming bureaucratic interferences and to make the procedures designed to determine the nationality of productions, more transparent....

The Bill drafted by the Italian Government concerning Istituzione dell'Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni e norme sul sistema radiotelevisivo (the establishment of the Authority for the safeguarding of the functioning of the communications system and for the surveillance of standards in the radio and television broadcasting system) was adopted on 31 July 1997. The Authority will regulate and co-ordinate the Italian telecommunications and broadcasting sectors and will also implement the rules that apply or will apply to these sectors. The new law does not only include provisions concerning...