Regulating communications in the UK: A new future

Convergence

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 28-35

  Wheeler, Mark ^a,b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b British Screen Advisory Council

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EID: 33645663912     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135485650100700304     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Culture Media and Sport (DTI & DCMS), A New Future for Communications: Communications White Paper (London: HMSO, 12 December, 2000), p. 1
2. David Levy, Europe's Digital Revolution: Broadcasting Regulation, The EU and the Nation State (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), pp. 12-13
3. Levy, p. 14
4. th Annual Conference, London School of Economics, 10-13 April 2000, pp. 9-10
5. Freedman, p. 9
6. DTI & DCMS, p. 5
7. 'Blair to Decide media rules,' Broadcast, 25 May 2001, p. 2
8. Broadcast, p. 2. The issue's political sensitivity reflects the strategic complexities of New Labour's political alliances with both terrestrial and satellite television channels. The industry is currently divided over cross-media rulings. Commercial satellite broadcaster BSkyB has lined up with terrestrial ITV broadcaster Carlton and newspaper publishers to argue for liberalisation whilst terrestrial ITV broadcaster Granada and the BBC argue that cross-media restrictions should continue to be applied