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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 1 March 2000 the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (the Italian Communications Authority -AGC) adopted the regolamento concernente la diffusione via satellite di programmi televisivi (regulation no. 127/00/CONS concerning satellite television broadcasting). The Regulation applies to: 1) Italian broadcasters whose programmes are received in States Parties to the European Convention...

The UK Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided that the foreign satellite channel, Adult X, is an unacceptable service under the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1990 and has recommended that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport make a proscription order to ban the marketing and sale of the service in the UK. This is the ninth time that the Commission has recommended such an order, previous cases involved Red Hot Television, TV Erotica, Rendez Vous, Satisfaction Club Television, Eurotica Rendez Vous, Eros TV, Channel Bizzarre and Satisfaction (see IRIS 1999-1 :13, IRIS 1998-9:...

The Independent Television Commission has recently published its revised Code On Sports and Other Listed Events. In general, the Code gives guidance on matters relating to televising sports events and other events of national interest as listed, from time to time, by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport. The ITC does so to fulfil its statutory duty under the Broadcasting Act 1996 (Section 104), as amended by The Television Broadcasting Regulations 2000. The Regulations came in to force on 19 January 2000. Updating the Code was done to incorporate the requirements of Directive 89/552/EC,...

On Friday 13 November 1999, a national football game between Denmark and Israel took place. In Denmark, it was considered an important sport event followed by a majority of the Danish population. However, the game was broadcast by channel TV3 exclusively. This broadcaster company is a pay channel accessible by only 71% of the population. Article 3a of the "Television without Frontiers" (Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC) provides for free access for the public to TV broadcasting of events important to society. A substantial proportion of the public in a Member State may not...

On 22 December 1999, the regional criminal court in Brussels applied for the first time the act of 30 July 1981 that makes it a criminal offence to include racist or xenophobic comments in texts circulated on the Internet. W.E., a civil servant, was held to be the person behind a number of manifestly racist messages circulating within a particular newsgroup (soc.culture. belgium). The court found that analysis of these messages clearly indicated the deliberate intention by the person writing them to encourage segregation, hate or violence in respect of the Moroccan and African communities in Belgium,...