Full Description
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 broadcasting. But how were the guidelines of the court interpreted in practice?
Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace traces the economic and political influences which shaped the emergence of a pluralistic broadcasting system in the federal republic, and examines the conflicts between public and private broadcasting, both in West Germany and in the European Community as a whole.
Contents
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;
