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Shoring up the Stable Door: the Limits of Regulation

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The attempts by governments to regulate television have become more frantic with the growth of multichannel systems. One would have expected them to decline as the profusion of outlets renders the argument from scarcity of frequencies redundant.

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  1. E. G. Wedell, Broadcasting and Public Policy, London, Michael Joseph, 1968, p. 19.

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© 2001 George Wedell and Bryan Luckham

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Wedell, G., Luckham, B. (2001). Shoring up the Stable Door: the Limits of Regulation. In: Television at the Crossroads. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286108_9

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