The Business of Media: Central Asia Media Conference, Bishkek 19 October 2006
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2007), 96 pp.
ISBN 3-9501955-1-3
Message of greetings / Markus Müller, 5
Message of greetings / Alikbek Jekshenkulov, 9
Opening statement / Miklos Haraszti, 15
I. MEDIA PRIVATISATION
The "Guess who?" game in the media - why the media ownership has to be transparent / Ioana Avadani, 21
Privatisation of the mass media in the Kyrgyz Republic: Illusion or reality? / Shamaral Maichiev, 35
Trends in concentration of broadcast media ownership in Europe: Threats to public service and diverse content / Algirdas Lipstas, 45
The mass media market in Kazakhstan / Berik Belzhanov, 55
Media business changes journalists' attitude to their rights / Oleg Panfilov, 63
II. MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Why the post-Soviet media lack competitiveness beyond the NIS - the case of the challenges brought before the Ukrainian Channel 5 and the responsive market / Yevhen Hlibovitsky, 69
Media management: To improvise or to live by prescription? / Saidali Siddikov, 75
Challenges for media development in transition countries - case study Bulgaria / Ognian Zlatev, 81
People wait for the newspaper to come out / Dulat Abish, 81
Freedom of speech and specifics of media management in the south of Kyrgyzstan / Khaliljan Khudaiberdiev, 93
Message of greetings / Alikbek Jekshenkulov, 9
Opening statement / Miklos Haraszti, 15
I. MEDIA PRIVATISATION
The "Guess who?" game in the media - why the media ownership has to be transparent / Ioana Avadani, 21
Privatisation of the mass media in the Kyrgyz Republic: Illusion or reality? / Shamaral Maichiev, 35
Trends in concentration of broadcast media ownership in Europe: Threats to public service and diverse content / Algirdas Lipstas, 45
The mass media market in Kazakhstan / Berik Belzhanov, 55
Media business changes journalists' attitude to their rights / Oleg Panfilov, 63
II. MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Why the post-Soviet media lack competitiveness beyond the NIS - the case of the challenges brought before the Ukrainian Channel 5 and the responsive market / Yevhen Hlibovitsky, 69
Media management: To improvise or to live by prescription? / Saidali Siddikov, 75
Challenges for media development in transition countries - case study Bulgaria / Ognian Zlatev, 81
People wait for the newspaper to come out / Dulat Abish, 81
Freedom of speech and specifics of media management in the south of Kyrgyzstan / Khaliljan Khudaiberdiev, 93
