"electronic communications network" means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources, including network elements which are not active, which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed;

"(a) "electronic communications network" means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources, including network elements which are not active, which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed; ";

"network" means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, by radio, by optical or by other electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable TV networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed;

- obligations covering inter alia access to conditional access systems, obligations to interconnect to ensure end-to-end interoperability, and access to application program interfaces and electronic programme guides to ensure accessibility to specified digital TV and radio broadcasting services (Article 5(1), 5(2) and 6 of the access Directive),

9. Accepts that "must-carry" rules remain justified in the digital broadcasting environment and that the regulatory framework must take full account of the need to ensure universal access to public service content; believes that this can be achieved through the use of "must-carry" rules on key networks and guarantees of access for public service content through other key distribution networks and facilities such as set-top boxes and receivers; believes that such content should be easily accessible and prominently displayed on navigators or guides, provided that such rules are proportionate and limited to those channels that that are covered by a public service broadcast remit such as that defined in the Protocol annexed to the EC Trea ...[+++]ty on the system of public service broadcasting in the Member States and that operators subject to such rules, where deemed appropriate by Member States, receive reasonable remuneration, taking into account the non-profit nature of public service broadcasting and the value of these broadcast channels to operators; takes the view that, in the case of possible commercial activities of public broadcasters, general competition law must be applied and no cross-subsidies allowed, in order to ensure interoperability in the digital television market and in broadcasting content and services;

As in 2000, Germany still distinguishes between public broadcasters to which the same policy applies as for analogue public broadcasters (watershed, warning by signs and acoustic means), and commercial broadcasters where the watershed can be replaced by a specific pin code technique.