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Public Service Media and Policy in Europe

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiv, 234 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 200-219, index

ISBN 978-1-349-33177-2 (hbk); 978-0-230-34965-0 (ebook)

"An in-depth account of EU policies in the area of public service broadcasting, focusing mainly on the application of the European State aid rules. The book discusses when, how and with what impact the European Commission deals with public service broadcasting." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction, Aims and Methodology, 1
2 From Public Service Broadcasting to Public Service Media, 9
3 Perspectives on Public Service Media, 25
4 A Framework for Public Service Media, 40
5 EU Market Integration in the Broadcasting Sector, 49
6 EU State Aid Rules and the Broadcasting Sector, 61
7 There and Back Again: A Chronological Perspective on the State Aid Control of Public Service Broadcasting, 79
8 'Europe Decides': Evaluating Public Broadcasting Schemes, 98
9 Germany, 126
10 Flanders, 147
11 The Netherlands, 172
12 Conclusion, 190