The prosecutor appealed dismissal of a charge of receiving a broadcast television programme with intent to avoid payment. The defendant ran a public house. She acquired a card which allowed her to receive transmissions from a Greek satellite broadcasting premier league football matches. The intellectual property rights to such matches in the UK lay with … Continue reading Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd: Admn 21 Dec 2007
ECJ (Opinion) Appeals – Television broadcasting – Television without frontiers – Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC – Directive 97/36/EC – Measures taken by the Member State concerning events of major importance for society which cannot be covered by exclusive television broadcasting rights – Commission decision declaring the measures compatible with European Union law – Commission’s … Continue reading Federation Internationale De Football Association (FIFA) v European Commission: ECJ 12 Dec 2012
ECJ Appeals – Television broadcasting – Television without frontiers – Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC – Directive 97/36/EC – Measures taken by the Member State concerning events of major importance for society which cannot be covered by exclusive television broadcasting rights – Commission decision declaring the measures compatible with European Union law – Commission’s power … Continue reading Union of European Football Associations v European Commission: ECJ 12 Dec 2012
ECJ Freedom to provide services – Television broadcasting activities – Directives 89/552/EEC and 97/36/EC – Definition of ‘teleshopping’ and ‘television advertising’ Prize game Citations: C-195/06, [2007] EUECJ C-195/06 French Text Links: Bailii Statutes: Directive 89/552/EEC, Directive 97/36/EC European, Media Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.253339
A contract was proposed for the exclusive broadcast of the Danish national football team’s matches in the World Cup 2002, by pay-TV. The contract would violate Danish law, since an insufficient number of Danes would be able to access the pay-TV service. No offer to share the rights had been made. Permission was sought from … Continue reading Regina v Independent Television Commission, ex parte TV Danmark 1 Ltd: HL 25 Jul 2001
ECJ (Advocate General’s Opinion) (Freedom To Provide Services) Satellite transmission of football matches – Marketing of decoder cards which have been lawfully placed on the market in other Member States – Directive 98/84/EC – Legal protection of services based on conditional access – Illicit access device – Directive 2001/29/EC – Harmonisation of certain aspects of … Continue reading Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others; Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd: ECJ 3 Feb 2011
