The New Audiovisual Media Services Directive : Television without Frontiers, Television without Cultural Diversity
Abstract
After long deliberations, the European Community (EC) has completed the reform of its audiovisual media regulation. The paper examines the main tenets of this reform with particular focus on its implications for the diversity of cultural expressions in the European media landscape. It also takes into account the changed patterns of consumer and business behaviour due to the advances in digital media and their wider spread in society. The paper criticises the somewhat unimaginative approach of the EC to new media and the political (and at times protectionist) considerations behind some of the Directive's provisions.
Date Issued
2007
Publication Type
Article
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Language(s)
en
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Additional Credits
Journal
Common market law review
Publisher
Kluwer Law International
ISSN
0165-0750
Access(Rights)
open.access