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Mission
As defined by Article 1 of the 2007-2009
Service Contract signed by the Italian
Ministry of Communications, the mission of
general public service broadcasting is
founded in the principles of the Italian
Constitution and of the European Union in
the 'Television Without Frontiers' Directive
of 1989 and subsequent amendments, the
ninth protocol on the system of public
broadcasting as part of the1993
Amsterdam Treaty, and the subsequent
interpretative Communication of the
Commission of the European Communities
C 320 of 15 November 2001.
This mission is governed by Italian
legislation and regulation, in
compliance with the aforementioned
principles.
Specifically, the public service
obligations for 2007-2009 are defined
by a series of sources, including Italian
Law 249 of 31 July 1997, Law 112 of 3
May 2004, the Consolidated
Broadcasting Law approved by Italian
legislative decree no. 177 of 31 July
2005, and by the 2007-2009 Service
Contract, in line with the guidelines
issued, in agreement with the Ministry of
Communications, by the Italian
Communications Authority with its
resolution no. 540/06/CONS.
In accordance with Article 45 of the
Consolidated Broadcasting Law, general
public service broadcasting must
establish the minimum content
requirements that can be integrated
through the service contract, so as to
provide for the following:
a) the broadcast of all public service
television and radio transmissions
throughout Italy to the extent possible
based on current science and
technology;
b) a sufficient number of hours of
television and radio broadcasts
dedicated to education, information,
and cultural promotion, with
particular emphasis on promoting
theatre, cinema, television (including
foreign language programmes), and
music which is either of significant
artistic value or particularly
innovative; such number of hours is
set every three years by the
Communications Authority; children's
entertainment broadcasts are not
included in these hours;
c) the broadcast of the programming
specified under point (b) above in
proportionate manner across all time
periods, including those with the
highest viewing figures, and across all
television and radio networks;
d) access to programming, within the
limits and in accordance with the
methods established by law, in favour
of political parties and groups
represented in Parliament and in
regional assemblies and councils, of
local self-government associations,
national trade unions, religious
groups, political movements, political
and cultural associations, legally
recognized national associations of
the cooperative movement,
associations for social promotion
listed in regional and national
registers, ethnic and linguistic groups,
and other groups of social
significance that should request it;
e) the establishment of a company for
the production, distribution, and
broadcast of radio and television
programming abroad for the purpose
of promoting the Italian language,
culture, and economy by
broadcasting programmes and the
nation's leading audiovisual
productions;
f) the broadcast of television and radio
programming in German and Ladin
for the autonomous province of
Bolzano, in Ladin for the autonomousprovince of Trento, in French for the
autonomous region of Valle d'Aosta,
and in Slovenian for the autonomous
region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia;
g) the free broadcast of public service
messages required by the Italian
Prime Minister's Office and the
broadcast of sufficient information
regarding Italian roadways and
traffic;
h) the broadcast, at appropriate times,
of content specifically designed for
children and which takes account of
the needs and sensitivities of all
childhood age groups;
i) the maintenance of radio and
television archives and the guarantee
of public access to such archives;
j) the allocation of no less than 15% of
total annual revenues to the
production of European
programming, including programmes
produced by independent providers;
k) the provision, within the terms
specified by Italian Law 112 of 3 May
2004, of the infrastructure for digital
terrestrial broadcasting;
l) the provision of interactive digital
public services;
m)observance of the limits of advertising
defined by Article 38 of the
Consolidated Broadcasting Law;
n) the distribution of the broadcasting
company in one or more national
offices and in branches in each
region and, for the region of
Trentino-Alto Adige, in the
autonomous provinces of Trento and
Bolzano;
o) the adoption of appropriate
accessibility measures for the hearing
and vision impaired;
p) the promotion and strengthening of
decentralized production centres;
q) the provision of distance learning
services.
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