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This chapter analyses media pluralism and diversity in European digital broadcasting through a study of access in communications markets. It is argued that the response of the European authorities to media pluralism challenges has been the implementation of detailed access regulation, coupled with reliance on competition law to keep markets open. The study reveals an interesting interaction between competition law and regulation, whereby competition law decisions have effectively regulated markets, and have triggered and shaped subsequent regulatory developments.
This chapter is a revised version of a paper presented at the ITS Biennal Conference in Berlin in 2004, and partly draws on PhD work carried out at the European University Institute (Florence) between the years 2000 and 2004. I thank Professor Massimo Motta, fellow researcher Alexandre DeStreel and participants at the ITS Conference for comments on previous drafts. Any errors remain my own.
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Ariño, M. (2006). Pluralism in Digital Broadcasting: Myths, Realities and the Boundaries of EU Action. In: Preissl, B., Müller, J. (eds) Governance of Communication Networks. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1746-5_15
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