Media ownership and control : law, economics and policy in an Indian and international context / Suzanne Rab and Alison Sprague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rab, Suzanne, author.

Sprague, Alison, author.

Series:

Hart studies in competition law ; v. 8.

Hart studies in competition law ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law--India.

Antitrust law.

Mass media policy--India.

Mass media policy.

Mass media--Law and legislation--India.

Mass media.

Mass media--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Competition and diversity in media and communications are fundamental to a healthy economy and democracy. In India and internationally there is no consensus on the exact manner and scope of interventions that are appropriate to protect competition and pluralism in media markets. Many emerging economies including India are seeking to adopt their own regulation in this area taking their lead from the UK. The issues have been brought into sharp focus in India in recent years. First, the enactment and implementation of modern - but sector neutral - competition law under the Competition Act 2002 has caused a step change in regulation towards an economics and effects-based approach. Second, in 2013 the India telecoms regulator launched controversial reform proposals to apply a media-specific approach to ownership regulation. As academics, lawyers, businesses, regulators and policy-makers in India cast a glance at the international experience, this book examines the legal, economic and policy issues relating to regulation of ownership and control of media markets. The focus of comparative assessment is on examples from the European Union, EU Member States and the US

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Achieving Policy Objectives

3. Market Delineation and Definition in Media

4. Competition

5. Media Ownership and Control

6. Vertical

7. Cable Sector: Competition and Regulation in an International Comparative Perspective

8. The Impact of the Internet

9. Shaping the Future Regulatory Agenda in India and Internationally

10. Conclusions and Implications for Policy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-279) and index.

ISBN:

9781509913893

1509913890

9781474201964

1474201962

9781782254577

1782254579

OCLC:

900887937