[cma-l] Austrian Parliament passes legislation on Community Media

[Jaqui Devereux]

Community media in Austria is legalised!

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Date:     Tue, 26 May 2009 11:23:10 +0200
From:     Otto Tremetzberger <otto.tremetzberger at frf.at>

Dear Colleagues,

afters 2 years of negotiating (and many more of lobbying) the Austrian
Parliament finally passed a legislation on Community Media last week.

The legislation includes:

1) a "fund for noncommercial broadcasters (Radio, TV)" with 1 Million
? per year, administered by the Austrian Media Regulator RTR and financed
from parts of the broadcasting fees;

2) a legal definition of non-commercial Radio and Television
as specific form of broadcasting media.


###  A rough and shortened translation of the legislation follows:

Fund for the Promotion of non-commercial broadcasting:

To encourage the private noncommercial broadcasting and its contents
the Austrian Broadcasting regulator receives RTR 1 million euros per
year from revenues from broadcasting fees.

The fund is intended to promote the non-commercial broadcasting within
the Austrian media landscape and its support in the provision of
diverse and high-quality programs, which in particular contribute to
the promotion of the Austrian Culture, the audstrian and european
identity, the information and education of the austrian population.

Grants may be used for production costs, financial support of
projects that lead to production or broadcasting of programmes,
training offers, reseach, surveys.

Noncommercial broadcasters are those that are no profit-oriented,
whose program contains no advertising and who provide open access to
the public.

See the full German version (page 4):
http://www.parlament.gv.at/PG/DE/XXIV/I/I_00113/fname_156085.pdf


Kind Regards

Otto Tremetzberger


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Mag. Otto Tremetzberger, MBA
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