Europe's Digital Revolution - Broadcasting Regulation, the EU and the Nation State

Europe's Digital Revolution assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. The current roles and responsibilities of nation states and the EU will have to respond to rapid technological and market developments. Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction List of Abbreviations Section 1: The Impact of Convergence 1. Converging Technologies, Changing Markets Section 2: Regulating Analogue Broadcasting 2. National Regulatory Traditions in France, Germany and the UK 3. European Regulation of Analogue Broadcasting Section 3: National and European Responses to Digital Broadcasting 4. Regulating Access to Digital Broadcasting: The Advanced Television Standards Directive 5. The Impact of European Competition Policy on Digital Broadcasting 6. National Approaches to Digital Regulation 7. From the European Information Society to Convergence: Co-ordinating or transcending National responses to digital broadcasting? Section 4: Conclusions 8. Convergence: New Approaches 9. Broadcasting Regulation, the Nation State and the European Policy Process Bibliography

About the author

David Levy

Summary

This book assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems.

Product details

• Authors: David Levy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.1999
• EAN: 9780415171960
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17196-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 570 g
• Series: Routledge Research in European Public Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / General, Politics & government, Digital photography, Politics and government, Photography: subject-specific techniques and principles, PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / Digital, Digital photography: consumer / user guides