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DE] Agreement Lists Events of National Importance / Right to Broadcast Short ReportsBroadcasting Rights Agreement • July 23rd, 2024
The discussion of measures to safeguard the live transmission of major (sports) events on German public television (see IRIS 1997-10: 7 and IRIS 1997-7: 15) took a new turn in mid-December, when the Minister-Presidents of the Länder agreed to make use of the possibilities offered by Article 3 a of the EC's revised "Television without Frontiers" Directive and draw up a list of events of major public importance. An attempt had initially been made to negotiate a voluntary agreement with the rights-holders, and particularly the Kirch Group. However, when the outcome of a meeting between media representatives and politicians became known and was generally discussed, a public call was raised for inclusion in the agreement of other sports events, in addition to those already covered. The Länder concerned set out to secure better termsunsuccessfully. Kirch
