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Public service broadcasting in transition : a documentary reader / edited by Monroe E. Price and Marc Raboy.

Title
Public service broadcasting in transition : a documentary reader / edited by Monroe E. Price and Marc Raboy.
Publication
The Hague ; New York : Kluwer Law International, c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Price, Monroe Edwin, 1938-
  • Raboy, Marc, 1948-
Description
x, 201 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
"Broadcast professionals, students and teachers in communications and related fields, government officials interested in strengthening public service broadcasting and keeping pace with rapid developments - all will benefit enormously from this thoughtful and informative book. It will allow them to think well beyond the standard formulae about the function of public service broadcasting and its role in society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Public broadcasting > Law and legislation
  • Public broadcasting
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-201).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Public service broadcasting: principles and issues. General principles ; Financing ; Program content ; Objectivity and impartiality ; Structure and autonomy ; A model public service broadcasting law ; Technology and the future ; Concluding overview -- The European Union, the Council of Europe and trends in public service broadcasting. The Treaty of Amsterdam and the validation of public service broadcasting ; Funding: Treaty of Rome, competition and transparency ; Accession and evaluation ; Public service broadcasting in a digital age ; Concluding overview -- Challenges to the public service broadcasting remit: the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. Purposes of public service broadcasting ; Programme content ; Structure and independence ; Public service broadcasting and public service obligations of private broadcasters ; The example of Canada -- Transformations, transitions, and public service broadcasting. What prospects for public service broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe ; Variations in appointment processes to regulatory boards and management bodies ; Statutory drafting and review: the Croatian example ; 'Media wars' ; Country studies: Poland and Uzbekistan ; Public service in peacekeeping operations: Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Towards the future: concluding materials -- List of documents.
ISBN
9041122125
LCCN
^^2004267041
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library