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On 14 September 2000, the Slovak Parliament adopted the "Act on Broadcasting and Retransmission and on Amendments to the Act on Telecommunications No. 195/2000 Collection of Laws ("Coll."). The new Act replaces the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act No. 468/1991 Coll. as amended, the Act on the Council of the Slovak Republic for Radio and Television Broadcasting and on the Change of Act No. 468/1991 Coll. No. 160/1997 Coll. as amended, and § 1 of the Act on Provisions for Radio and Television Broadcasting No. 166/1993 Coll. as amended. The new Act entered into force on the day of promulgation...

Acting on complaints from viewers, the Swedish Broadcasting Commission made two rulings on 15 June 2000 that put the present licensing system used by the Swedish Government into question. Kanal5 Ltd and TV3 Ltd both hold licenses issued by the British Independent Television Commission (ITC) for satellite transmissions. In both cases the broadcasts are directed towards the Swedish market and are in the Swedish language. In 1998 Kanal5 AB and TV3 AB received licenses from the Swedish Government to transmit digital terrestrial television. Both companies were established in Sweden and in both cases...

In September 2000 the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority) published the final report of a public consultation launched on 10 March 2000, concerning advertising and sponsorship on radio and television. The aim of the consultation is the creation of a framework for the adoption of a regulation concerning radio and television advertising and sponsorship pursuant to the Communications Act of 31 July 1997, no. 249 (Istituzione dell'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni e norme sui sistemi delle telecomunicazioni e radiotelevisivo, see IRIS 1997-8: 10)....

On 7 June 2000, the Italian Parliament approved law no. 150 on Public Service Advertising (Disciplina delle attività di informazione e di comunicazione delle pubbliche amministrazioni, Legge of 7 June 2000, no. 150, in Gazzetta Ufficiale of 13 June 2000, no. 136). The law entitles any Italian public Institution, both at national and local level as defined by the Public Administration Act of 1993 (Razionalizzazione dell'organizzazione delle amministrazioni pubbliche e revisione della disciplina in materia di pubblico impiego, Decreto legislativo of 3 February 1993, no. 29, in Gazzetta Ufficiale...

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...