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The Miniszterelnöki Hivatal (Prime Minister's Office ­ PMO) has published a concept paper proposing fundamental principles for a new media act. The planned act is intended to replace Act No I of 1996 on Radio and Television Services (Broadcasting Act), which currently regulates broadcasting activities in Hungary. The concept paper was elaborated by three experts invited by the PMO. The authors of the document stated that they regard the paper, which is approximately 50 pages long, as a basis for future professional discussions. The document consists of six chapters dealing with questions relating...

On 23 October, the Court of Justice of the European Communities delivered its judgement in case C-245/01, RTL v. Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt für privaten Rundfunk. The dispute concerned the interpretation of Article 11 of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive (Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989, as amended by Directive 97/36/EC), which lays down provisions in respect of television advertising, regulating inter alia the frequency of advertising breaks in the transmission of audiovisual works. The questions referred by the Niedersächsisches Oberverwaltungsgericht (Lower Saxony...

In its session held on 15 July 2003 the Croatian Parliament passed the Law on Electronic Media, which defines the position of legal entities and physical persons that perform the activities of production and publishing of programs and program services through electronic media, and the terms for performing such activities. Before this Law was passed several other laws already regulated the field of electronic media ­ the special law defines the work and activities of Croatian Radio-television, while provisions of the Law on Telecommunications and Law on Public Announcements define the activities...

On 4 September 2003, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the "Television without Frontiers" Directive (Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC), following the Commission's Fourth Report on the application of the Directive (see IRIS 2003-2: 5), in which the current process of review of the Directive was launched. In the Resolution, the European Parliament restates its belief that a complete review of the Directive is needed in order to take account of technological developments and changes in the structure of the audio-visual market (although the current approach of the...

In a judgment of 10 July 2003 the European Court of Human Rights unanimously held that the applicant's exclusion from broadcasting an advertisement announcing a religious event, was considered to be prescribed by law, had a legitimate goal and was necessary in a democratic society. The decision by the Irish Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) to stop the broadcast of the advertisement was taken in application of Section 10(3) of the Irish Radio and Television Act, which stipulates that no advertisement shall be broadcast which is directed towards any religious or political end (see IRIS...