The European Union and the Culture Industries : Regulation and the Public Interest

This edited collection brings together leading academics in their respective fields to examine the European Union's impact on media and public policy. It provides an analysis of the broader areas of EU policy and links these together to give a greater appreciation of the nuances and scope of EU regulatory initiatives and their impact on the member states. Under a broad public interest perspective, the authors provide an assessment of the success of EU policy in protecting the public interest in the culture industries and respecting certain normative principles and balancing these with market dynamics. Contents......Page 6 List of Cases and Council Decisions......Page 8 List of Directives and Regulations......Page 12 List of Contributors......Page 14 Acknowledgement......Page 18 Introduction......Page 20 1 Institutionalizing Soft Governance in the European Information Society......Page 26 2 European Film Policies and Competition Law: Hostility or Symbiosis?......Page 52 3 The European Commission’s State Aid Regime and Public Service Broadcasting......Page 78 4 Media Pluralism and Enlargement: The Limits and Potential for Media Policy Change......Page 100 5 The Changing Totems of European Telecommunications Governance: Liberalization, Market Forces and the Importance of the EU Regulatory Package......Page 124 6 Back to the Future: New Media, Same Principles? Convergence Regulation Re-visited......Page 144 7 Jurisdiction in the Television without Frontiers Directive......Page 164 8 Content Ratings Harmonization and the Protection of Minors in the European Information Society......Page 184 9 The Quota Quandary: An Assessment of Articles 4–6 of the Television without Frontiers Directive......Page 206 10 Promises and Pitfalls of the European Copyright Law Harmonization Process......Page 232 11 The Culture Industries: From the Common Market to a Common Sense......Page 260 C......Page 278 G......Page 280 O......Page 281 S......Page 282 W......Page 283 Institutionalizing soft governance in the European information society / Alison Harcourt European film policies and competition law : hostility or symbiosis? / Anna Herold The European Commission's state aid regime and public service broadcasting / David Ward Media pluralism and enlargement : the limits and potential for media policy change / Beata klimkiewicz The changing totems of European telecommunications governance : liberalization, market forces, and the importance of the EU regulatory package / Seamus simpson Back to the future : new media, same principles? convergence regulation re-visited / Monica Ariño and Carles Ilorens Jurisdiction in the television without frontiers directive / Lorna Woods Content ratings harmonization and the protection of minors in the European information society / Oliver Carsten Fug The quota quandary : an assessment of Articles 4-6 of the television without frontiers directive / Tarlach McGonagle Promises and pitfalls of the European copyright law harmonization process / Maria Lillà Montagnani and Maurizio Borghi The culture industries : from the common market to a common sense / Rostam J. Neuwirth. Bringing together leading academics in their respective fields, this edited collection examines the European Union's impact on media and public policy. It provides an analysis of the broader areas of EU policy and links these together to give a greater appreciation of the nuances and scope of EU regulatory initiatives and their impact on the member states.