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The Authority's tasks include

  • rating movies


  • enforcing rules on content, advertising and sponsorship for broadcast media; handling license applications for local broadcast media


  • handling applications for newspaper production grants, including non-leading newspapers, minority language newspapers and Sami newspapers


  • overseeing and intervening against the acquisition of media ownership (either prohibiting the acquisition or merger, or allowing an acquisition on such conditions as the Authority sets, including ordering the Divestment of other media ownership interests)


The agency was established January 1 2005 by merging three already existing government agencies:

  • Statens filmtilsyn (usually just '''Filmtilsynet''', the Norwegian Board of Film Classification), which was in charge of rating movies.


  • Eierskapstilsynet (the Norwegian Media Ownership Authority), which oversaw media ownership.


  • Statens medieforvaltning (abbreviated '''SMF''', the ''Mass'' Media Authority), which had tasks related to broadcasting and newspapers.


The new Medietilsynet is to be located in Fredrikstad , where the Mass Media Authority already was located. As of January 2006 the merger of the different units has yet to be completed, and the other two parts still have their offices in Oslo .


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