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IRIS Special
Television and Media Concentration

Regulatory Models on the National and the European Level

27 EUR / 177,11 FRF
ISBN 92-871-4595-4
89 pages
Edition 2001

Thematical coverage:

  • Analog and digital television whether broadcast terrestrially or via satellite or cable
  • The parallel relationship between competition law and media law, reflecting the twin purposes of limiting media power: to defend plurality in the media and to maintain free competition
  • Horizontal, vertical and diagonal media concentration
  • Criteria for measuring media concentration
  • Fixing acceptable levels of concentration from the standpoints of the market and of media plurality
  • Issues concerning the definition of "relevant" markets
  • Transparency and enforcement regulations

Geographical Coverage:

  • Regulatory models in 5 major European television markets: Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
  • Relevant EC rules and European Commission decisions
  • How the regulation of media concentration has developed in the USA
  • The need for regulation in countries beginning to set up a private broadcasting market, for example, the Russian Federation

The Publication

Reasons to Purchase IRIS Special

1

Originality
IRIS Special, Television and Media Concentration, offers probably the first time ever introduction to the legal problems involved.

2

Comprehensiveness
IRIS Special, Television and Media Concentration, covers the concentration of the ownership of television companies and the legal aspects of the economic involvement of television in other media markets as well as markets up - and downstream of television.

3

Access
IRIS Special, Television and Media Concentration, is organised and written in a way that makes it accessible to a wide readership: from legal specialists in the corporate sector or private practice, through media policymakers and regulatory authorities as well as media companies, to academics and researchers.

4

Independence
All the authors are specialists on the media of the countries whose systems they describe. As publisher, the European Audiovisual Observatory - part of the Council of Europe - can vouch for the independence, impartiality and factual nature of their reporting.

5 Thematical coverage
The latest in the series of IRIS Special editions, this study tackles the issue of Television and Media Concentration from a legal standpoint, comparing regulatory approaches. It covers both analog and digital television and all types of broadcasting (terrestrial as well as satellite and cable). The publication sets out to describe - and explore the specific features of - a range of models for regulating media concentration. In order to promote a better understanding of the question, it also examines the thinking behind the different regulatory models and looks at how they have actually been implemented.
6

Geographical coverage
IRIS Special, Television and Media Concentration, covers the five major European television markets Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain as well as the USA, the Russian Federation and relevant EC rules.

The Authors/Sources

Editor and Coordinator:

Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev (LL.M. EUI and U of M)
Legal Expert of the European Audiovisual Observatory
E-mail: Susanne.NIKOLTCHEV@coe.int

Partner Organisations that contributed to IRIS Special, Television and Media Concentration:

IViR - Institute for Information Law
Rokin 84, NL-1012 KX Amsterdam
Tel.: +31 (0) 20 525 34 06, Fax: +31 (0) 20 525 30 33
E-mail: website@ivir.nl

EMR - Institute of European Media Law
Nell-Breuning-Allee 6, D-66115 Saarbrücken
Tel.: +49 (0) 681 99275 11, Fax: +49 (0) 681 99275 12
E-mail: emr@emr-sb.de

CMC - Communications Media Center New York Law School
57 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013 USA
Tel.: +1 212 431 2160, Fax: +1 212 966 2053
E-mail: Michael.Botein@cmcnyls.edu

MMLPC - Moscow Media Law and Policy Center
Mokhovaya 9, RU-103914 Moscow
Tel./Fax: +7 (0) 503 737 3371
E-mail: arichter@glas.apc.org - arichter@glasnet.ru

Contacts

Editorial/Scientific Contact:

Susanne Nikoltchev
Legal Expert of the European Audiovisual Observatory
E-mail: Susanne.NIKOLTCHEV@coe.int

Marketing Contact:

Markus Booms
Marketing
E-mail: Markus.BOOMS@coe.int
Tel.: +33 (0) 3 90 21 60 06

European Audiovisual Observatory
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F - 67000 Strasbourg
Tel. +33 (0) 3 90 21 60 00
Fax +33 (0) 3 90 21 60 19
E-mail: obs@obs.coe.int
http://www.obs.coe.int
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