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The Austrian constitutional court has held that the appeal of a private television company against the refusal of a broadcasting authorisation was not grounded. The complainant intended operating a television transmitter in the Vienna area, but the application for authorisation was rejected on the grounds that the operation of broadcasting installations required legal authorisation, which had not been obtained. The private television company appealed against this refusal on the grounds of infringement of the freedom to broadcast embodied in the constitution and infringement of the principle of...

Currently in Austria, it is not yet possible for a private television broadcaster to obtain a broadcasting licence. Recently, however, a private commercial Austrian broadcaster, RTS, obtained a non-domestic satellite broadcasting licence in the UK with the intention to start a programme directed to the Austrian public. The April issue of the German monthly magazine INFOSAT reports that RTS is now negotiating with the German sports rights agency ISPR, owner of the broadcasting rights of the Austrian federal football league in order to obtain these rights. If succesful, RTS would start its satellite...

The Austrian Constitutional Court ( Verfassungsgerichtshof) instigated legal review proceedings with its decision of 21 June 1995. This case should make clear whether cable television companies should be allowed to include their own channels in their network and broadcast them. According to current regulations, cable television companies may only simultaneously relay received signals and broadcast cable text. Any cable broadcasting activity that goes beyond this is not provided for under §§ 20 I, 24a and 24b II of the broadcasting Regulation with the exception of cable broadcasting activities...

Following a decision taken on 21 June 1995 the Austrian Constitutional Court Verfassungsgerichtshof (VfGH) instigated constitutionality proceedings to examine the legal basis of regional radio legislation and of the frequency distribution plan which both govern the allocation of regional radio licences. The proceedings were undertaken following complaints from 33 applicants whose licences were refused and who are appealing against the 10 regional radio licences granted at the beginning of the year. In their complaints, the appellants criticise the violation of a number of rights guaranteed under...

From 9 until 12 July 1995 an International Human Rights Tribunal was held in Vienna under the title "50 Years of the 2nd Republic, 50 Years of Gay and Lesbian Repression". 7 senates each dealing with a different field and made up of rotating teams of experts and other prominent members, heard the accusations and evidence given and pronounced their ruling. Freda Meissner-Blau, the candidate for the presidential elections of 1986 (defeated at the time by Kurt Waldheim) and who is the founding party leader of the Greens in Parliament presided over the court accompanied by the publisher of FORUM, Gerhard...