Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415053945
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9780203221600
Series Statement:
Communication and Society Series
Content:
A study of the the re-regulation of the German broadcasting system since the mid 1980s when the public duopoly was challenged by the emergence of private networks in both radio and television
Note:
Cover -- Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace: The Regulation of German Broadcasting -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations -- 1. The philosophies of broadcasting pluralism -- From Allied control to public broadcasting duopoly -- The concept of pluralism in the Federal Republic -- Party policies and the new broadcasting technologies -- Rulings on broadcasting by the Federal Constitutional Court -- The road to the 1987 Inter-Land Treaty -- 2. The regulation of signal distribution -- Broadcasting under Allied rule -- The 1961 judgement of the Federal Constitutional Court -- The impact of the DBP's cable and satellite policies -- The DBP/Länder relationship -- The DBP and its relations with the broadcasters -- Liberalisation of the DBP and changes to its broadcasting distribution monopoly -- 3. The regulatory structures for public and private broadcasting -- Organisation and control of the public broadcasting corporations -- The structure of the private broadcasting sector -- Programming obligations in the public and private sectors -- 4. From legislative theory to regulatory practice -- Monitoring -- Controlling organisational pluralism -- Controlling editorial pluralism -- Pluralism regulation versus economic regulation -- The effectiveness of the regulatory authorities -- 5. Alternative forms of broadcasting in the FRG -- Social representation in mainstream radio output -- The alternative 'professional' radio spectrum -- Open access channels -- Public commitment to alternative broadcasting -- 6. The regulation of the market -- The regulation of access to audiences -- The regulation of broadcasting finance -- Ownership and concentration regulation -- Broadcasting and federal anti-cartel legislation -- Right of access to public events -- The balance between public and private broadcasting
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7. The European dimension -- The TV Directive -- Copyright -- EC competition policy -- EC audiovisual policy: Towards a comprehensive media order? -- Audiovisual or competition policy? -- Political versus economic regulation -- 8. Broadcasting regulation in the five new Länder -- The legal framework and its implications -- Distribution issues -- Changes to the competitive situation -- Options for the future -- Towards integration -- 9. Conclusion: Beyond balanced pluralism -- Public/private relations: Three paradigms -- Programming changes -- Political responses -- Towards regulatory unification? -- Towards regulatory fragmentation? -- Proposals for change -- Towards a new European order -- Appendices -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Further reading-English-language literature -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Hasselbach, Suzanne Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c1991 ISBN 9780415053945
Language:
English
Keywords:
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