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the ownership of the production company, the amount of programmes supplied
to the same broadcaster and the ownership of secondary rights” (Directive
97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997
amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on The Co-ordination of Certain
Provisions Laid Down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action in
Member States Concerning the Pursuit of Television Broadcasting Activities).
17)
The requirement to build the capacity of minority language broadcasting is
implicit in the requirements of many of the instruments cited above. Article
11(1)(g) of the European Language Charter explicitly requires States Parties
“to support the training of journalists and other staff for media using regional
or minority languages”.
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