afters 2 years of negotiating (and many more of lobbying) the Austrian Parliament finally passed a legislation on Community Media last week. The legislation includes: 1) a “fund for noncommercial broadcasters (Radio, TV)” with 1 Million € per year, administered by the Austrian Media Regulator RTR and financed from parts of the broadcasting fees; 2) a legal definition of non-commercial Radio and Television as specific form of broadcasting media. ### A rough and shortened translation of the legislation follows: Fund for the Promotion of non-commercial broadcasting: To encourage the private noncommercial broadcasting and its contents the Austrian Broadcasting regulator receives RTR 1 million euros per year from revenues from broadcasting fees. The fund is intended to promote the non-commercial broadcasting within the Austrian media landscape and its support in the provision of diverse and high-quality programs, which in particular contribute to the promotion of the Austrian Culture, the audstrian and european identity, the information and education of the austrian population. Grants may be used for production costs, financial support of projects that lead to production or broadcasting of programmes, training offers, reseach, surveys. Noncommercial broadcasters are those that are no profit-oriented, whose program contains no advertising and who provide open access to the public. See the full German version (page 4): http://www.parlament.gv.at/PG/DE/XXIV/I/I_00113/fname_156085.pdf