1st Edition
Audiovisual Regulation under Pressure Comparative Cases from North America and Europe
1. Introduction 2. Theoretical and Policy Frameworks 3. The USA: Archetype and Motor of Deregulation 4. Canada: Complex Responses to a Dominant Neighbour 5. France: Meeting the Anglo-Saxon Challenge 6. The United Kingdom: the Paradox of Public Service, Plurality and the Market 7. Germany: Public Service in a Dual Broadcasting System 8. The Benelux: the Problems of Small Countries 9. The European Union: Agent of Deregulation or Reregulation? 10. Conclusion
Biography
Thomas Gibbons is Professor of Law at the University of Manchester, specialising in media and communications law and regulation. Professor Gibbons Served as a specialist adviser to the (Puttnam) Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Bill 2002. and is a joint editor of the Journal of Media Law.
Peter Humphreys is Professor of Politics at University of Manchester, specialising in comparative media and telecoms regulation and policy. Professor Humphreys is chair of the communications law and policy division of the International Communications Association (ICA).
