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2 For a more extended discussion, see R.Collins and V.Porter, ‘West
German television: the crisis of public service broadcasting’, Sight and
Sound, vol. 49, no. 3 (Summer 1980), pp. 172–7.
3 Germany, Bundestag, Drucksachen 9/2442, 28 Mar. 1983, pp. 37ff.
4 ibid., pp. 190f., 233.
5 See Federal Government, Jahresbericht der Bundesregierung, Bonn,
1988, p. 217; Deutsche Bundespost, Geschäftsbericht, Bonn, 1987, p. 24.
6 See Federal Government, ‘Vorstellungen des Bundes für eine
Medienordnung der Zukunft, 13 March 1985’, printed in Medienpolitik,
ed. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, Bonn:
1985, pp. 12ff (all translations by the authors).
7 Germany, Bundestag, ‘Antwort der Bundesregierung’, Drucksachen 10/
499, 19 Oct. 1983.
8 The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, ed. Press and
Information Office of the Federal Government, Bonn: 1986 (official
translation).
9 Decision of 28 Feb. 1961, excepts in Medienpolitik, loc. cit., p. 77.
10 Decision of 4 Nov. 1986 printed in Media Perspektiven, Dok. IV, 1986,
p. 227.
11 Decision of 16 Mar. 1981, printed in Media Perspektiven, no. 6, 1981, pp.
421ff.
12 See H.W.Klein and W.Lauff, ‘Neue Medientechnik—neues
Rundfunkrecht’, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (supplement to Das
Parlament), 19 Dec. 1981, p. 12.
13 Decision of 4 Nov. 1986, op. cit.
14 Decision of 24 Mar. 1987, printed in Media Perspektiven, Dok. III, 1987,
pp. 145ff.
15 ibid.
16 Decision of 4 Nov. 1986, op. cit.
17 ibid., pp. 234ff.; decision of 24 Mar. 1987, op. cit., p. 160.
18 Decision of 4 Nov. 1986, op. cit.
19 See ‘Bundesverband Kabel und Satellit’, Presseerklärung, Bonn: 5 Mar.
1986.
20 For a more extensive discussion of the 1987 Inter-Land Treaty, see S.
Hasselbach and V.Porter, The 1987 Inter-Land Treaty: West German
broadcasting re-regulation between politics and the marketplace’, in
Politics and Society in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, vol. 3 (2),
1991, pp. 29–46.
21 ZDF, which does not broadcast radio programmes, has a television council.
22 See for example §16, WDR Act 1985, printed in Media Perspektiven,
Dok. II, 1985, pp. 92ff.
23 See E.Etzioni-Halevy, National Broadcasting under Siege, London:
Macmillan, 1987.
24 ibid.