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By its decision of 15 February 2002, the Vlaams Commissariaat voor de Media (Flemish Media Authority) has decided to recognise the SBS-broadcasting station VT4 as a Flemish broadcasting organisation. From 1 March 2002, VT4 will operate under the Flemish Broadcasting Act 1995. VT4's licence from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) in the United Kingdom also ceased to be valid on 1 March 2002. Until recently, VT4, as a British broadcaster with its programmes targeting the Flemish Community, was operating with an ITC licence in accordance with the UK Broadcasting Act. Since February 1995,...

Recently signed by the Russian President on 18 December 2001, the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation contains some new provisions concerning the dissemination of information by means of the mass media. First, when a story appears in the mass media about the commission of a crime or concerning the preparation for it, such action shall serve as grounds for initiating a prosecution. On demand by a prosecutor, an investigator or a body of inquiry, the editorial office and editor-inchief of the enterprise concerned shall be obliged to hand over all the documents and materials giving...

The Romanian supervisory authority for electronic media, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (CNA), set out its main plans for 2002 in a press release issued on 17 January 2002. The main priority for the CNA in 2002 will be to monitor provisions for the protection of minors. The reason for this is a noticeable trend that emerged last year, with TV stations frequently broadcasting films containing scenes of horror, violence or sex in prime-time slots. These films should only have been shown after 10 pm with an appropriate warning. In this context, the CNA is urging broadcasters to ensure...

Ireland's national public service broadcaster, RTÉ, has just introduced a system that will help television viewers to decide whether or not its programmes are suitable for children and teenagers. Pre-recorded programmes shown on RTÉ's two television stations now show a small icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen for twenty seconds at the beginning of the programmes. There are five classifications: General Audience (GA), Children (Ch), Young Adult (YA), Parental Supervision (PS), and Mature Audience (MA). Programmes classified as "Young Adult" are aimed at teenagers and may deal with...

On 20 December 2001, the heads of the German Bundesländer agreed to and signed the proposed amendments contained in the 6th Agreement Amending the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting - RStV). Once they have been adopted by the parliaments of the Länder, the revised versions of the RStV, the Rundfunkfinanzierungs-Staatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on the Funding of Broadcasting - RFinStV) and the Mediendienste-Staatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Media Services - MDStV) should enter into force on 1 July 2002. The provisions on media concentration contained in the RStV...