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The Verwaltungsgericht München (Munich Administrative Court) has endorsed in several decisions the view of the Bayerische Landeszentrale für Neue Medien (Bavarian Centre for New Media - BLM) and the Kommission für den Jugendschutz in den Medien (Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media - KJM) that TV programmes in which plastic surgery is marketed for entertainment purposes can have an adverse effect on the development of children and young people. The decisions were in response to appeals by the channel MTV against decisions of the BLM permitting the broadcasting of several episodes...

In Austria, the private television stations have declared their intention to dispense with commercial breaks in children’s programmes in the future. A statement was issued on 15 September 2009 that, under the aegis of the Verband Österreichischer Privatsender (Association of Austrian Private Broadcasters - VÖP) and the Fachverband der Telekommunikations- und Rundfunkunternehmungen der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (Austrian Chamber of Commerce’s Association of Telecommunications and Broadcasting Companies), a total of 14 TV broadcasters and these two associations had signed this declaration. The...

On 28 September 2009, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation 1882 (2009), entitled “The promotion of Internet and online media services appropriate for minors”. The Assembly firstly states that the Council of Europe should pursue work on the protection of children in the information society, in particular as regards developing their media literacy skills and ensuring their protection against harmful content. The change that the Internet brought poses a challenge to the traditional standards for the protection of minors. Nevertheless, the Assembly emphasizes that...

An amendment to Act No. 308/2000 Coll. on Broadcasting and Retransmission and to Act No. 195/2000 Coll. on Telecommunications from 14 September 2000 (“Amendment”) was proposed by the Ministry of Culture on 29 May 2009. The Amendment was required following Slovakia’s commitment to implementing Directive 2007/65/EC (AVMSD). Slovakia as a Member State shall bring into line laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the AVMSD by 19 December 2009 at the latest. The amended Act No. 308/2000 Coll. shall also apply to Internet broadcasting and providing on-demand audiovisual...

On 11 August 2009, the Bayerische Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Bavarian Administrative Court - BayVGH) (case no. 7 NE 09.1378) rejected an application by the game show broadcaster 9Live for an injunction against the competition rules adopted by the Landesmedienanstalten (state media authorities - LMA). The broadcaster 9Live, which broadcasts phone-in quiz programmes, had asked the BayVGH to conduct a judicial review of the LMA's competition rules. In addition, 9Live had submitted an urgent application for all, or in the alternative, some of the rules to be withdrawn pending the outcome of the judicial...