Audiovisual regulation under pressure : comparative cases from North America and Europe / Thomas Gibbons and Peter Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbons, Thomas.

Contributor:

Humphreys, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadcasting--Law and legislation--North America.

Broadcasting.

Broadcasting--Law and legislation--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the face of globalization and new media technologies, can policy makers and regulators withstand deregulatory pressures on the 'cultural policy toolkit' for television? This comparative study provides an interdisciplinary investigation of trends in audiovisual regulation, with the focus on television and new media. It considers pressures for deregulation and for policy in this field to prioritise market development and economic goals rather than traditional cultural and democratic objectives, notably public service content, the promotion of national and local culture, media pluralism and

Contents:

Front Cover; Audiovisual Regulation Under Pressure; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Television regulation and the 'cultural policy toolkit': the analytical framework; Globalisation, new technologies, deregulation and the 'cultural policy toolkit'; Deregulatory competition: three hypotheses; Choice of case studies; Our comparative approach: congruence between political systems and media systems and the danger of typologies; Convergence? Or historical institutional path dependencies?; 2. The USA: archetype and motor of deregulation

The US production industryRegulatory context; Independent TV production; Public broadcasting; Media ownership rules; External policy: the USA as a motor of deregulation; 3. Canada: complex responses to a dominant neighbour; The three ages of Canadian television; Broadcasting and regulatory policy; Public service broadcasting; Canadian content quotas and expenditure requirements; Media ownership rules; External policy: mobilising international support for culture; Conclusion; 4. France: meeting the Anglo-Saxon challenge; The three ages of French television; Public service broadcasting

Adaptation of PSB to new media and the Sarkozy reformIs French PSB distorting the market?; Quotas and subsidies; Media ownership rules; External policy; Conclusion; 5. The United Kingdom: the paradox of public service, plurality and the market; The three ages of UK television; Public service broadcasting; Quotas and subsidies; Media ownership rules; External policy; Conclusion; 6. Germany: public service in a dual broadcasting system; The three ages of German television; Public service broadcasting; Adaptation of PSB to new media; Is German PSB distorting the market?; Quotas and subsidies

Media ownership rulesExternal audiovisual policy; Conclusion; 7. The European Union: agent of deregulation or reregulation?; Analytical framework; Policy-making in the European Union's fragmented, multi-level system of governance; Negative integration: the Television Without Frontiers Directive (TWFD); Modest positive integration: EU quotas and subsidies; The revision of the TWFD: the 2007 Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD); International trade and cultural diversity: the EU shield; Failed positive integration: EU media ownership regulation; EU state aid policy

The impact of convergence on PSBConclusion; 8. The problems of small countries; The literature on small countries in Europe; Small country problems in the European single market; Country of origin principle in the EU; PSB in small countries in Europe; PSB in small countries and the EU state aid rules; Conclusion; 9. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-136-50209-2

1-136-50210-6

0-203-14409-0

9780203144091

OCLC:

798533240