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IRIS plus 2010-4
Public Service Media: Money for Content
59 pages - Strasbourg, June
2010
Print edition:
24,50 EUR
ISBN 978-92-871-6904-4
Electronic edition (PDF
file): 33 EUR
delivered within 2 working days
ISBN 978-92-871-6907-5
Both editions: 35 EUR
ISBN 978-92-871-6910-5
Also available in French and German
There are a large number of articles and official
statements on the funding of public service broadcasting and
the associated expectations with regard to its content. This
IRIS plus provides structure for this discussion, highlights
its key aspects and brings you completely up to date on the
subject.
Topics of the
next IRIS plus 2010 editions:
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LEAD ARTICLE
Financing and supervision of public service broadcasting 
Rules under European law and current national developments
with regard to content supervision
The lead article deals with the most recent developments in
the funding and supervision of public service broadcasting in
Europe.
An overview of the European legislative framework is followed
by a discussion of concrete models for the funding of public
service broadcasting. The applicable legislative arrangements
in a number of states that have been selected as examples are
discussed, and the recently emerged issue of the obligation
to pay broadcasting licence fees for internet-enabled PCs is
considered. The supervision of public service broadcasting services
in terms of their funding and content – two aspects that
are often linked together – is another area on which this
lead article focuses. Examples of this supervision are the so-called
“public value” test and the “three-stage test”.
The order of sections in the lead article:
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Introduction
- European legislative framework for the financing and supervision
of public media services
1. European Union
Legal acts and the case law of the Court
2. Council of Europe
Legal acts and the case law of the ECHR
- Funding models for the public service media in the EU member
states (taking as examples Germany, Finland, France, the Netherlands,
Austria, the Slovak Republic and Spain)
- The supervision of public service media funding and services
(taking as examples Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
Austria)
- Conclusions
RELATED REPORTING
How and what to finance
This second part illustrates the current state of the discussion
concerning the funding of public service media and issues relating
to the content of these media that is to be funded. It contains
contributions from 11 States, all of them originating from the
first six months of 2010. The following five areas of emphasis
in the present national discussions can be discerned from the
reports:
The short reports originate from the following countries: France,
Slovakia, Kirghizia, Latvia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany,
Poland, Malta and Spain. There is also an article on an enquiry
sent to Spain by the European Commission.
ZOOM
Public service audiovisual media services on the
test bed
The first part of the ZOOM section presents a list in tabular
form of new media services that are being or have been examined
to check their compliance with the public service remit. Details
are given of the present situation or the outcome of these
checks and reference sources are provided for any decisions
taken. There is also a discussion of why the funding of public
media services in Belgium’s Flemish-speaking Community
and Norway is currently not (yet) being examined.
Comparing the funding of public sector broadcasting
in the European Union
The second part of the ZOOM informs you about the changes
in public service broadcasters’ revenues and how they
are reflected in growth rates and per capita operating income.
This therefore provides you with some basic guidance on the
economic dimension of public funding for broadcasting.
You will be given concrete figures on:
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Operating revenues of the public service
broadcasters in the European Union (EU-27) (2004–2008)
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The average annual growth rate of the public
service broadcasters’ operating profit (2004–2008)
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The average per capita operating revenues
of public service broadcasters in the European Union (2008)
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IRIS Plus
Hot legal topics examined from different angles
Legal, technological or economic developments in the audiovisual
sector generate immediate priority information needs for professionals.
IRIS plus identifies these issues and provides the relevant
legal background. It features a combination of a lead article, related
reporting and a Zoom section, comprising overview tables, market
data or practical information. This brand new format provides you
with the knowledge to follow and join in the latest and most relevant
discussions concerning the audiovisual sector.
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