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

by Suzanne Rab, Alison Sprague

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782254584
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2014
Series:	Hart Studies in Competition Law
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	253
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Suzanne Rab is a barrister specialising in competition law, EU law and regulation at Serle Court Chambers.
Alison Sprague is an economist specialising in media with Competition Economists Group.
Suzanne Rab is Professor at Brunel University and Barrister at Serle Court Chambers, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Achieving Policy Objectives
3. Market Delineation and Definition in Media
4. Competition
5. Media Ownership and Control
6. Vertical
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