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On 8 May 1996 the European Commission adopted its long awaited Green Paper on Commercial Communications in the Internal Market. It was already announced in November 1992. The Green Paper is based on a comprehensive review of the relevant legislation in each Member State of the European Union, a full market analysis and surveys undertaken by the Commission. The detailed results of these reviews are included in an associated Working Document. The Green Paper, although targeting all possible forms of commercial communication, is especially relevant to the communication of commercial information by...

On 29 February 1996, top U.S. television network executives met with President Bill Clinton at the White House for two hours and afterwards announced that they had agreed to implement a voluntary ratings system that would give parents greater control of programming watched by their children. The clear impetus to the agreement was the passage three weeks earlier of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act"see: IRIS 1996-3: 7-10). One provision of the 1996 Act requires all new television sets manufactured or sold in the U.S. after 1998 to be equipped with a new technology referred to as the...

The European Parliament's Committee on Culture and the Media held a conference at the end of February on the place given to children's programmes in the European audiovisual industry. A number of children's defence organisations, distributors, researchers and educationalists were able to present their own recommendations and studies. The International Centre for Films for Children and Young People (CIFEJ) in Montreal presented a study on legislation and regulations in Europe entitled " Creating a space for children - children's film and television in EU countries".

On 8 February 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("Act"), the most extensive rewrite of U.S. telecommunications law since the Communications Act of 1934. The Act addresses the gamut of communications media, including: local and long distance telecommunications services, cable television, broadcasting, on-line computer services, and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment. The Act's emphasis is to open various segments of the industry to competition. While ordering the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct over 80 rulemakings, several...

On 14 February 1996 the Eurpean Parliament adopted a resolution on the proposal of the European Commission to amend the Directive on 'Television without Frontiers' ( see: IRIS 1995-7: 4). The resolution approves the Commission's proposal subject to Parliament's amendments (covering a wide range of issues, from the scope of application of the Directive to the provisions on quotas and protection of minors). The main points are the following: - Article 1, a): the EP includes audiovisual services "on demand" in the definition of "television broadcasting". - Article 2: the EP foresees a detailed...