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In May, the Parliament of the Czech Republic passed an amendment to Act No.40 on the regulation of advertising, the main subject of which was tobacco advertising. Under the previous regulations, advertising for tobacco and tobacco products was already restricted. Advertising, for example, could not depict minors, but only people who were or who looked at least 25 years old. Tobacco advertising was forbidden in print media aimed at minors and on large billboards (over 10 square metres) in the vicinity (300 m) of schools and children's playgrounds. Advertisements were not allowed to show people...

On 23 January 2003 the Ministry of Communications and RAI, the Italian public service broadcaster (PSB), signed a new Contract of Service valid for the period 2003-2005. The Contract has to be renewed every three years according to a Convention binding both parties and signed in 1994, and has to lay down the public service broadcasting duties of the PSB. In particular, it concerns radio, television broadcasting and multimedia services, editorial content, technological services for the production and transmission of signals, financial management, auditing and monitoring systems and criteria for...

The "Television without Frontiers" Directive is currently under re-examination and, in accordance with its Article 26, the Commission has embarked on three assessment studies on the text and is now commencing public consultation intended to examine "application of the Directive and, if appropriate, to draw up new proposals with a view to its adaptation to developments in the field of television broadcasting, particularly in the light of recent technological developments". The consultation covers the main sensitive areas of the Directive ­ promotion of European works, advertising, protection of...

The legal dispute over whether the broadcast of the film "Saving Private Ryan" was admissible (see IRIS 2003-4: 6 and IRIS 2002-8: 6) has been resolved. ProSieben Sat.1 Media AG (ProSieben) and the Medienanstalt BerlinBrandenburg (Berlin-Brandenburg Media Authority MABB) had taken their dispute over the admissibility under the youth protection law of the broadcast of an edited version of the film at 20.15 to a number of different courts. On 5 January 2003, ProSieben had then broadcast the film at 20.15 without the necessary permission, whereupon the MABB launched proceedings to fine the broadcaster....

On 28 May 2003, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation Rec(2003)9 to member states on measures to promote the democratic and social contribution of digital broadcasting. The Appendix to the Recommendation sets out a set of basic principles for digital broadcasting, as well as key points for consideration in the context of the transition to the digital environment, from the perspectives of the public on the one hand, and broadcasters (especially public service broadcasters) on the other. In its preambular section, the Recommendation reiterates “the need to safeguard...