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On 18 December 2002, the Bundesrat (Council of Ministers) submitted to Parliament a Communiqué concerning the complete revision of the Radio- und Fernsehgesetz (Radio and Television Act - RTVG). The key objectives of this document are to guarantee a strong public broadcasting service (required by constitutional law) and, at the same time, to relax the rules for private broadcasters. The new Radio and Television Act makes particular provision for an independent Swiss broadcasting service that serves all the language regions equally and is able to compete with wealthier broadcasters from neighbouring...

At the beginning of 2003, the European Commission published its Fourth Report on the Application of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive. The main part of the Report provides a comprehensive mise au point of the implementation of the Directive and of the central principles enshrined therein. The Annex to the Report sets out the details of the projected work for the review of the Directive, along with the time-frame within which this work is to be carried out. The Report affirms a healthy diagnosis of the development of the television market in Europe for the period 2000-2002. The implementation...

In a decision of autumn 2002 the Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (National Radio and Television Commission - ORTT, the independent regulatory authority for the media) stated that TV 2 - a national commercial television channel - violated the provisions of Act No 1 of 1996 on Radio and Television Services (Broadcasting Act) aimed at protecting minors by broadcasting a version of "Big Brother". Beyond this statement the ORTT has also imposed a HUF 6,900,000.- (approx. EUR 290,000.-) fine on the broadcaster. Neither such kind of reality shows nor relevant ORTT's decisions in this regard have...

Last summer, when he was being questioned the day after the murder of a teenager that was supposedly inspired by an American horror film, the Minister for Culture and Communication, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, entrusted the philosopher Blandine Kriegel with a mission on "the impact of television violence on the public and on young people". Her report was submitted formally to the Minister on 14 November. The report proposes in particular a reinforcement of the absolute nature of the ban on broadcasting violent images between 6.30 am and 10 pm and the separation of subscription to pornographic shows...

On 11 November 2002, the Council of the European Union approved a draft Resolution on Interactive Media Content in Europe. The draft Resolution will be formally adopted, without further discussion, at the next Council meeting. The promotion of interactive media content forms part of the Council's more general objectives, such as the establishment of the European Union as a dynamic knowledge-based economy and the development of cultural and creative industries within the European Union. The Council emphasises the importance of ensuring quality in interactive media content by combining artistic...