IRIS Special

The Regulatory Framework for Audiovisual Media Services in Russia

Print edition: 70 Euros
ISBN 978-92-871-6789-7

Both editions: 97,50 Euros
ISBN 978-92-871-6809-2

Also available in French and German

• The national media policy
• Key regulatory concepts and their interpretation
• Licence requirements
• The role of state broadcasting in contrast to public service broadcasting
• Media ownership and concentration
• Self- and co-regulation
• Advertising: regulation and control
• Product placement
• Right of reply
• Short reporting rights
• Protection of morals and minors
• Rights of national minorities
• Restrictions to combat extremism
• Means of regulatory intervention

Russia is by far the largest European television market outside the area where EU law applies. The country's approximately 17% share of the entire European population means that the Russian television market has remarkable economic potential. Against this background, it is also all the more considerable how little information has been published outside Russia on the legal bases of, and conditions applying to, this market.

This publication entitled "The Regulatory Framework for Audiovisual Media Services in Russia" in the IRIS Special series closes this gap. It provides a detailed analysis of the bases and regulatory framework for broadcasting in Russia and discusses in this context the adaptation of the legal framework to new audiovisual media services, drawing attention to the big differences between the EU and Russia and pointing out that these difference are due to the fact that the pace of development of digital media services in Russia is still slow.

The publication, which has been written by Andrei Richter, Director of the Moscow based Institute for Media Law and Media Policy and one of Russia's outstanding media specialists, provides a comprehensive and precise picture of the regulation of broadcasting in Russia.