Sin ttulo de diapositiva

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PLURALISM IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING MYTHS,
REALITIES AND THE BOUNDARIES OF EUROPEAN
INTERVENTION ITS 2004, Berlin 5-7 September
Mónica Ariño European University Institute,
Florence
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PLURALISM IN DIGITAL

• More channels, more choices
• More voices?
• Interactivity
• Or inter-passivity?
• Pluralism and market structures
• Is pluralism about ownership? About size?...
• Pluralism is about power

ITS 2004
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PLURALISM THROUGH ACCESS

• PLURALISM IN THE EU
• No specific regulation subsidiarity principle,
  failure of Ownership Directive
• Indirect interventions
• Regulation access obligations
• Regulation through Competition law access
  conditions
• ACCESS IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING
• Myriad of notions
• Dual nature of access
• Economic dimension a premise for competition
• Socio-political dimension a premise for
  pluralism

ITS 2004
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ACCESS CHALLENGES
SENDER ? CONVEYER ?
RECEIVER
ITS 2004
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EU RESPONSES TO ACCESS CHALLENGES
Euro CPR 2004
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RE-EXAMINING THE BOUNDARIES

• MEDIA SPECIFIC COMPETITION LAW
• Why?
• How?
• Substantive approach
• Procedural approach
• WIDER EU COMPETENCE OVER BROADCASTING
• Why?
• How? The scope for Community action

Euro CPR 2004
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THANK YOU! Mónica Ariño monica.arino_at_iue.it
Euro CPR 2004