Broadcasting law : a comparative study

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• A Note on Abbreviations = xii
• Table of British Statutes = xv
• Table of British Cases = xviii
• Table of French Cases = xix
• Table of German Cases = xix
• Table of Italian Cases = xx
• Table of United States Cases = xxi
• Table of Decisions of the European Court of Justice = xxiv
• Table of Decisions of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights = xxv
• I. THE HISTORICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND = 1
• 1. Introduction = 1
• 2. Why Regulate Broadcasting? = 3
• 3. Five Legal Systems = 10
• (i) Great Britain = 10
• (ii) France = 13
• (iii) Germany = 19
• (iv) Italy = 24
• (v) United States of America = 28
• II. BROADCASTING FREEDOM = 32
• 1. Broadcasting and Freedom of Speech = 32
• 2. Freedom from State Control = 34
• 3. Individual and Institutional Freedom = 40
• (i) Who exercises broadcasting freedom? = 40
• (ii) Programme rights and internal broadcasting freedom = 42
• (iii) Broadcasting freedom and labour law = 45
• 4. The Rights of Viewers and Listeners = 47
• III. PUBLIC BROADCASTING = 50
• 1. Introduction = 50
• 2. The Concept of Public Service Broadcasting = 51
• 3. The Constitutional Position = 56
• 4. Public Broadcasting Authorities = 60
• 5. The Financing of Public Broadcasting = 69
• IV. PRIVATE BROADCASTING = 75
• 1. Introduction = 75
• 2. The Rights of Private Broadcasters = 77
• 3. Licensing and RegulatorsAuthorities = 81
• 4. The Licensing Process = 85
• (i) Applicants = 85
• (ii) How licences are awarded = 88
• (iii) Licence grants = 92
• 5. Renewal and 'Withdrawal of Licences = 94
• V. PROGRAMME STANDARDS = 96
• 1. Introduction = 96
• 2. Impartiality = 100
• 3. The Range and Variety of Programmes = 105
• 4. Indecency and Violence = 111
• 5. Enforcement of Programme Standards = 115
• VI. COMPETITION LAW = 121
• 1. Introduction = 121
• 2. Constitutional Arguments = 125
• 3. Accumulation and Other Rules = 128
• 4. Cross-Media Ownership Rules = 131
• 5. Exclusive Broadcasting Agreements = 136
• 6. European Community Law = 139
• VII. ACCESS TO BROADCASTING = 144
• 1. Introduction = 144
• 2. Constitutional Access Rights = 146
• 3. Legislative Rules = 151
• 4. Rights of Reply and the Fairness Doctrine = 157
• 5. Access to Cable = 165
• VIII- ELECTION AND POLITICAL BROADCASTING = 168
• 1. Introduction = 168
• 2. Election Broadcasts = 174
• 3. Other Political Broadcasts = 181
• 4. News and Current Affairs Programmes = 184
• IX. ADVERTISING = 188
• 1. The Role of Advertising = 188
• 2. The Constitutional Position of Advertising = 191
• 3. Advertising and the European Convention on Human Rights = 196
• 4. Restrictions on Advertising = 198
• (i) General rules = 199
• (ii) Time and frequency restrictions = 201
• (iii) Restrictions on content = 204
• (iv) Sponsorship = 205
• (v) Product placement = 207
• (vi) Moral rights of authors = 208
• 5. The Harmonization of Advertising Rules = 210
• X. INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW = 213
• 1. Introduction = 213
• 2. International Law = 215
• 3. The European Convention on Transfrontier Television = 222
• 4. The European Communities Directive = 229
• Select Bibliography = 237
• Postscript = 242
• Index = 261