Resumen de Germany: : Obligation for commercial TV stations to broadcast a regional programme
The commercial television broadcaster Sat.1 must continue to broadcast the Hessian regional programme operated by the external provider TV Illa GmbH. This was decided by the first chamber of the Verwaltungsgericht Kassel (Kassel Administrative Court) in a judgment of 1 December 2015 (Case 1 K 618/13.KS). In reaching this decision, the Court dismissed the commercial broadcaster’s complaint against the extension of the broadcasting licence granted by the Hessische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (Hessian regional commercial broadcasting and new media authority - LPR).
