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The recently amended Norwegian Broadcasting Regulation has entered into force. The new set of rules replaces several former provisions and unites all rules relating to broadcasting in one single Regulation. The amended Broadcasting Regulation implements the Directive on `Television Without Frontiers' in more detail than before. It explicitly stipulates that the broadcasters are obliged to reserve 50% of their transmission time for European productions, and 10% for independent productions. The already existing prohibition concerning the broadcasting of advertising in conjunction with childrens'...

In the appeal proceedings brought by the television channel RTL against the judgment given by the Hannover District Court (Amtsgericht Hannover) on 22 August 1996 (see IRIS 1996-10: 11), the Court of Appeal in Celle upheld the lower court's judgment on 16 June. This judgment is now final, which means that RTL will be ordered to pay a fine of close on 20 million DM, representing its earnings from the - in the court's view - unlawful broadcasting of advertising. In the dispute as to whether the programmes broadcast by RTL constituted a "series" within the meaning of the relevant broadcasting laws,...

The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have finally adopted the new text of the "Television without Frontiers" directive, the main objective of which is to create the conditions necessary for the free movement of television broadcasts. Directive 97/36/EC, modifying Directive 89/552/EEC "Television without Frontiers" of 3 October 1989 was adopted on (the exact date will be published in the September issue of IRIS (issue No 1997-8) since at the closing date of this issue the President of the European Parliament was still to sign), at the end of two years of intensive negotiations between...

For the first time since its existence, the Standing Committee of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television has adopted two Recommendations in order to facilitate and improve the application of the Convention. The first Recommendation, adopted during the 11th meeting of the Committee on 5 - 6 December 1996, concerns the use of virtual images in news and current affairs programmes. The latter, adopted during the Committee's 12th meeting on 20 - 21 March 1997, relates to the use of virtual advertising notably during the broadcast of sports events. Most important, the Recommendations are...

The Mass Media Authority has conducted a survey on TV3 Norway programmes as from November 1996. TV3 Norway is a television broadcaster, broadcasting by satellite from the UK, but its programmes target Norwegian audiences. The channel is also distributed by Norwegian cable networks. The survey was conducted on the basis of Articles 10, 11, and 18 of the EC Directive on "Television Without Frontiers" (89/552/EEC). The Mass Media Authority found 214 violations of the Directive. Art. 18.2 - amount of advertising every given clock hour 9 violations Art. 10.1 - separating advertising breaks 166 violations...