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IRIS Plus 2008-2: Media Windows in Flux Challenges for Audiovisual Media Chronology

01/04/2008 Authors: Martin Kuhr, Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels

This IRIS plus does not deal with economic considerations, but with the legal framework on which an economic strategy, however it is chosen, must be built. The author begins by explaining how rules on media chronology have developed. On this basis, it is easy to see who defines the media windows...

IRIS Special 2006 - Broadcasters' Obligations to Invest in Cinematographic Production

01/12/2006 Authors: Susanne Nikoltchev (Ed.), European Audiovisual Observatory

This IRIS Special describes the various ways in which the television industry supports cinematographic film – whether enshrined in law or on a voluntary basis, whether direct or indirect. It considers broadcasters' investment obligations in different European countries and investigates whether...

IRIS Plus 2006-3: Protection of Minors from Harmful Information in the Law of Post-Soviet States

01/06/2006 Authors: Anna Belitskaya, Moscow Media Law and Policy Centre

The angle chosen in this IRIS plus is to inform about the difficulties of establishing standards, procedures and justified limits to the right to information in countries with a more recent tradition of free mass media and the challenges they pose for protecting the youth.

IRIS Plus 2005-5: Application of EC Competition Policy regarding Agreements and State Aid in the Audiovisual Field

01/11/2005 Authors: Laurence Mayer-Robitaille, Associate Expert, UNESCO - Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue, Paris

This IRIS plus links up to the earlier IRIS plus 2003-6 on "European Public Film Support within the WTO Framework" in that both articles examine the double nature of audiovisual goods and services and its impact on supranational regulation.

IRIS Plus 2004-4: The Protection of Cinematographic Heritage in Europe

01/09/2004 Authors: Sabina Gorini, Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam

This edition of IRIS plus looks at how different countries deal with the protection of cinematographic heritage in Europe and what initiatives have been taken in this area at European level.

IRIS Plus 2003-5: Horizontal Rating of Audiovisual Content in Europe. An Alternative to Multi-level Classification?

01/10/2003 Authors: Carmen Palzer, Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken / Brussels

This article discusses the horizontal rating of audiovisual content in Europe and rounds off our series on various aspects of "horizontal regulation".

IRIS Plus 2003-3: European Public Film Support within the WTO Framework

01/06/2003 Authors: Anna Herold, European University Institute, Florence

This edition of IRIS plus describes systematically the areas where public film support and the WTO regulatory framework intertwine. The article concentrates on the compatibility of European film support policy with the GATT and GATS rules.

IRIS Plus 2001-2: National Film Production Aid: Legislative Characteristics and Trends

01/04/2001 Authors: Susanne Nikoltchev & Francisco Javier Cabrera Blázquez, European Audiovisual Observatory

This edition of IRIS plus offers a synopsis of various legislative provisions concerning direct national support for film production.