BROADCASTING: TELEVISION WITHOUT FRONTIERS DIRECTIVE'S REVIEW AMID UNCERTAINTY.

European Commissioner responsible for the Audiovisual portfolio Viviane Reding was most evasive when she spoke at the Conference on the review of the Television Without Frontiers Directive held in Brussels on March 21. In her opinion, the Commission has three options: either it proposes a radical review of the Directive; or it brings a few minor changes to it; or it devises a work programme before submitting a proposal at a later date. To recap, the Commission has to produce a report for the Parliament and the Council this year on...