1st Edition

Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace The Regulation of German Broadcasting

By Suzanne Hasselbach, Vincent Porter Copyright 1991
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Since the mid-1980s, broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany has been extensively re-regulated. The traditional duopoly of the public broadcasters Ard and ZDF has been challenged by new private networks in both radio and television. In two historic judgements handed down in 1986 and 1987, the Federal Constitutional Court set out terms for a new dual order of private and public... Read more
Chapter 1 The philosophies of broadcasting pluralism; Chapter 2 The regulation of signal distribution; Chapter 3 The regulatory structures for public and private broadcasting; Chapter 4 From legislative theory to regulatory practice; Chapter 5 Alternative forms of broadcasting in the FRG; Chapter 6 The regulation of the market; Chapter 7 The European dimension; Chapter 8 Broadcasting regulation In the five new Länder; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Biography

Vincent Porter, Suzanne Hasselbach