The impact of convergence on European television policy: Pressure for change - Forces of stability

Convergence

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-291

  Storsul, Tanja ^a   Syvertsen, Trine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Convergence; Digitalization; Regulation; Technology; Television policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049321171     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856507079177     Document Type: Article

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