Regulation and competition in European broadcasting : a study of pluralism through access

Defence date: 19 September 2005Supervisor: F. CafaggiPDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 201

Announcing The New European Audiovisual Regulators Group

Yesterday a new European regulator’s group was launched in Brussels. This creates for the audiovisual media sector a pan-European body similar to those that exist for telecommunications and spectrum. Monica Arino, Director of International Affairs at Ofcom explains why the group was formed and what it will do

Beyond broadcasting: the digital future of public service broadcasting

This article looks at the impact of digitization on television. Early treatments of digital television (DTV) have become outdated by technical and market developments. This paper reviews these developments and reconsiders the public policy and regulatory issues surrounding DTV, particularly with respect to public service broadcasting in Europe. Convergence trends are examined and we find that it happens, but differently than expected. This raises serious doubts concerning whether current models and conceptualizations of public service broadcasting can address future challenges of pluralism and diversity if they remain constrained by traditional understandings of broadcasting.pluralism, public service broadcasting, digital television, convergence, Internet TV, broadband, television market, switch over, policies, interactive TV, pay per view, personal video recorder, satellite TV, structural regulation, spectrum allocation, public sphere, media markets,