Broadcasting Policy: The Perfect Storm — A Review of Broadcasting Policies in Selected Countries
Susan Deer in collaboration with Garry Neil
August 2007
Around the world, new technologies are changing broadcasting and telecommunications. As consumers integrate these technologies into their lives, some governments have begun to adapttheir Broadcasting and Telecommunications regulations; others recognize the current legislative framework is outdated, but have not yet developed a new regulatory structure. Thus, regulatoryregimes for the Broadcasting and the Telecommunications sectors are in a state of flux. The European Commission and Australia’s Department of Communications, Information Technologyand the Arts, have launched processes to incorporate the Internet into their legislation and to relax limits on foreign and crossmedia ownership. With the increasingly global nature of thesesectors, other countries, including Canada, may need to follow the lead of these major trading partners. This paper analyses broadcasting policy from a broad international perspective, with a specific focus on Europe and Australia.
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