Search results : 305

On 11 January 2007, the new Federal Government was sworn in by the Austrian President. The Federal Chancellor, Dr Alfred Gusenbauer, will be responsible for the media. The Government programme contains a chapter on "Media and Telecommunication". Alongside ensuring a pluralistic media landscape with high-quality services, promoting Austria's competitiveness as a media and cultural centre and strengthening the dual broadcasting system, the following plans are outlined: 1. The media authority KommAustria and the Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (broadcasting and telecommunications regulator)...

At the beginning of 2007, the Republic of Austria and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg reached agreement on co-operation in the audiovisual sector. The agreement entered into force in early September 2007. The aim of film co-production is to support the film industry and promote economic and cultural exchanges between the two states. Films co-produced under this agreement are to enjoy the privileges that apply in both countries to domestically made films. The preconditions for the recognising co-productions as such include the requirement for the producer’s registered office to be in a contracting...

The analysis of Klaus Kinski's life justifies the use of the domain that carries his name. This was the verdict of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court - BGH ) in its judgement of 5 October 2006 (case no. I ZR 277/03), in which it rejected the application of Kinski's heirs for the domain "kinski-klaus.de" to be closed down. The respondents were using the domain name "kinski-klaus.de" to advertise a Klaus Kinski exhibition. The heirs of the actor, who died in 1991, claimed that the respondents were infringing their right to exploit the financial value of the dead man's personality rights...

The digitisation of television in Austria continues: the digitisation plan published by the Kommunikationsbehörde Austria (Austrian broadcasting regulator - KommAustria) comprises several stages (see IRIS 2004-3: 5). Stage 1, the preparatory phase, is already complete. Stage 2 involves building up the network in the main conurbations in 2006. The necessary legal framework was created in February 2006, when KommAustria granted to Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH & Co KG (ORS) the licence to operate a terrestrial multiplex platform (see IRIS 2006-4: 8). For the first time, digital television has...

In 2004, pay-TV broadcaster Premiere acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast matches in the Austrian football Bundesliga. The only private TV channel that broadcasts terrestrially throughout Austria, ATV+, bought from Premiere the secondary exploitation rights which enabled it to broadcast highlights after 10 pm on match days. Österreichischer Rundfunk (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation - ORF) subsequently obtained from the Bundeskommunikationssenat (Federal Communications Office - BKS ) the right to broadcast short reports on all Bundesliga matches in accordance with the Fernseh-Exklusivrechtegesetz...