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Due to an obligation imposed under the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) to implement Directive 97/36/EC, a new Broadcasting Act has been adopted in Iceland. The new Act no. 53/2000, with effect from 17 May 2000, covers all types of broadcasting, both public and private, radio and television. The chapters of the previous Broadcasting Act, which related to Ríkisútvarpi (the public broadcaster), have been assembled in a separate Act (no. 122/2000) without any change in substance. A revision of the legal framework for public broadcasting is planned, particularly as regards its means of...

On 5 September 2000 the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart (Stuttgart Appeal Court - OLG) ended the lawsuit between the ARD (Union of German Public Service Broadcasters) and ProSieben Media AG without reaching a verdict (see IRIS 1998-3: 6). The European Court of Justice preliminary ruling, made at the OLG's request, led both parties to declare that their dispute was over (see IRIS 1999-7: 6 and IRIS 1999-10: 5). The Court, which therefore only had to decide what costs were due, concluded that the costs cancelled each other out, since it was not clear which side would have won the case if it had been...

An important amendment has been made to both the Kabel- und Satelliten-Rundfunkgesetz (Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Act), which governs private broadcasters, and the Rundfunkgesetz (Broadcasting Act), which covers the Österreichischer Rundfunk (Austrian public service broadcaster - ORF). Provisions concerning events of major importance for society have been added to both Acts, bringing them fully into line with the revised EC "Television Without Frontiers" Directive. Most changes necessitated by the Directive had already been introduced in 1999. The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Act has...

By judgement of 5 October 2000, the Court of Justice of the European Communities annulled Directive 98/43/EC on the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products. The Directive, adopted pursuant to Articles 100A and 57 of the EC Treaty (now Articles 95 and 47) laid down a general prohibition of advertising and sponsorship relating to those products. It was aimed at eliminating obstacles to the functioning of the internal market deriving from barriers to the movement of products and the freedom to provide services and distortions of competition resulting from differences in the national rules....

The Act of 1 August 2000 reforming the audiovisual sector (see report in this IRIS) inserts four articles concerning the Internet in the Act of 30 September 1986 (as amended) in Section 6 entitled "Provisions concerning on-line communication services other than private correspondence". The provisions were introduced during the parliamentary debate on the initiative of the member of parliament Patrick Bloche in reaction to recent case-law on the matter (cases involving Estelle Halliday and Lynda Lacoste; see IRIS 1999-5: 3 and IRIS 2000-1: 12), and have been much amended. The new Articles 43-9 and...