Occupancy regime

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Occupancy regime in media law describes the official or legal stipulation which programs the operator of a cable television network must broadcast in each case. The state media authorities ensure through the occupancy regime they exercise that every cable user has a minimum number of the most important television programs available. The selection criteria and number of “must-carry programs” for analog television differ depending on the federal state. As a rule, at least the public service programs intended for this federal state are to be conducted, as well as the most important private broadcasters and those programs that could be received via analogue aerial television. Of the 30 to 35 available analogue program slots, around half on average in the federal states is dictated by the occupancy regime. The remaining channels can be assigned by the cable network operator at its own discretion.

In the case of digital television broadcasting , the occupancy regime in Germany is uniformly regulated nationwide by Section 52b of the State Broadcasting Treaty. Due to the higher number of technically available program slots, the state requirements are of less importance here.

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