Blast from the Past? A Comparative Analysis of Broadcast Licensing in the Digital Era
Author:
Schweizer Corinne,Puppis Manuel,Künzler Matthias,Studer Samuel
Abstract
AbstractThe advent of new broadcasting technologies has eliminated spectrum scarcity as a constraint on broadcasting, and with it one of the justifications for broadcast licensing. Have nations moved away from licensing as a form of regulation of their broadcasting sectors? And concomitantly, is there less opportunity to use licensing as a means of promoting the public interest in broadcasting? The authors address these questions through a comparative study of licensing requirements for terrestrial broadcasting and other forms of television and radio distribution in 18 Western nations.
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Subject
Public Administration,Sociology and Political Science,Communication,Public Administration,Sociology and Political Science,Communication
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