Europe's Digital Revolution:: Broadcasting Regulation, the EU and the Nation State (Routledge Research in European Public Policy, 5)

Europe's Digital Revolution assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. The current roles and responsibilities of nation states and the EU will have to respond to rapid technological and market developments. Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems.

Examining the broadcasting policy of the European Union, this book analyses EU desire to become a more central actor in the regulation of the communications sector and the extent to which technological change and globalisation are aiding these desires. Using the latest thinking to emerge from the EU in response to digital broadcasting, this text explores the economic, political and cultural importance of broadcasting.

This text assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. The current roles and responsibilities of nation states and the EU will have to respond to rapid technological and market developments. David Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems Now in paperback, this book assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems Analogue broadcasting was characterised by limited channel choice, the need for the viewer to fit in with the schedulers, and a clear understanding that the television was simply a device for watching broadcast programmes.