Public broadcasting in Europe: Rationale, licence fee and other issues

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-56

  O'Hagan, John ^a   Jennings, Michael ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Licence fee; Programme diversity; Public sector broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144276623     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021518601792     Document Type: Review

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