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Media Ownership and Control: Law, Economics and Policy in an Indian and International Context

Media Ownership and Control: Law, Economics and Policy in an Indian and International Context

Author: Suzanne Rab; Alison Sprague
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509913893

Published In: December 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781849466356

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Competition and diversity in media and communications are fundamental to a healthy economy and democracy. In India and internationally there is no consensus on the exact manner and scope of interventions that are appropriate to protect competition and pluralism in media markets.

Many emerging economies including India are seeking to adopt their own regulation in this area taking their lead from the UK. The issues have been brought into sharp focus in India in recent years. First, the enactment and implementation of modern - but sector neutral - competition law under the Competition Act 2002 has caused a step change in regulation towards an economics and effects-based approach.

Second, in 2013 the India telecoms regulator launched controversial reform proposals to apply a media-specific approach to ownership regulation. As academics, lawyers, businesses, regulators and policy-makers in India cast a glance at the international experience, this book examines the legal, economic and policy issues relating to regulation of ownership and control of media markets.

The focus of comparative assessment is on examples from the European Union, EU Member States and the US.

1. Introduction

2. Achieving Policy Objectives

3. Market Delineation and Definition in Media

4. Competition Law

5. Media Ownership and Control

6. Vertical Integration

7. Cable Sector: Competition and Regulation in an International Comparative Perspective

8. The Impact of the Internet

9. Shaping the Future Regulatory Agenda in India and Internationally

10. Conclusions and Implications for Policy

Appendix 1: Achieving Policy Objectives;

Appendix 2: Media Ownership and Merger Control