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As the previous draft of comprehensive amendments to the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992 (Dz. U. of 2001, No. 101 Item 1114, as amended), was rejected by Parliament on 30 July 2003, the Government has prepared a new draft, which is ­ in regard to its content ­ reduced in certain aspects. The Council of Ministers adopted on 21 October 2003 draft legislation to adapt the Broadcasting Act in line with the Directive 89/552/EEC, amended by the Directive 97/36/EC ­ the so-called Directive "Television Without frontiers". They also tailor national legislation to the principles underlying Community...

On 22 October the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body ­ CSA) published a recommendation for editors and distributors of television services broadcasting "cinematographic works that may not be shown to anyone under the age of 18 and pornographic or extremely violent programmes that may only be shown to discerning adults, likely to be damaging to the physical, mental or moral development of people under the age of 18" ("Category V programmes"). This recommendation follows on from a deliberation adopted by the CSA on 25 March 2003 providing that "for the broadcasting in...

The Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Conference of Regional Media Authority Directors - DLM), which comprises representatives of the German Land media authorities responsible for licensing and supervising private broadcasting, is currently discussing the distinction between broadcasting and media services. It has already decided that the concept of broadcasting can no longer be defined according to means of transmission. Technical progress and the resulting convergence of content mean that new definition criteria are needed. Practically speaking, the DLM believes that the distinction...

At its meeting on 10 October 2003, the Television Council of the public service broadcaster ZDF revised ZDF's internal guidelines on the protection of minors. The guidelines firstly contain detailed provisions on the treatment of films that have been rated by a regional ratings authority or a voluntary self-regulatory body. They also ban the transmission of programmes with the same content as certain listed media; the ban also applies if the content has been significantly altered. The guidelines also include rules on exceptions made for specific reasons to the watershed provisions set out in Article...

On 8 October 2003, the EFTA Surveillance Authority delivered a decision pursuant to Article 2a(2) of the Television Without Frontiers Directive (Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC), confirming the compatibility with EEA law of measures taken by Norway that restrict retransmission of certain pornographic television programmes deemed to be detrimental to minors, in Norwegian digital cable TV networks. The prohibition concerns broadcasts of three different pay-TV channels based in Sweden. On 25 June 2003, Statens medievorvaltning (the Norwegian Mass Media Authority) decided to...