10. Broadcasting judgment
The 10th broadcasting judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court from 1998 (reference: BVerfGE 97, 228 - short reporting) marks the tenth in German jurisprudence in a series of judgments of the Federal Constitutional Court on freedom of broadcasting . This ruling is particularly relevant for coverage of sporting events and other major events for which exclusive broadcasting rights are usually sold.
facts
The federal government had initiated a norms control procedure with regard to the right to free short reports on television regulated in the WDR Act and in the NRW Broadcasting Act.
Summary of the judgment
It must be possible to broadcast short television reports free of charge in order to prevent information monopolies. A fee is reasonable for professional events.
Consequences of the judgment
After this judgment, the right to short reports was regulated in §5 RStV and later in §5a RStV the transmission of major events.
literature
- Annette-Tabea Lauktien, The State Treaty on Short TV Reporting : Legal Possibilities and Constitutional Limits of Legislative Regulations , Nomos Universitätsschriften Medien, Volume 8, 1992, ISBN 978-3789026713
Web links
- Judgment of the BVerfG of February 17, 1998 Az. 1 BvF 1/91 ( Memento of April 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
