This book provides the most recent overview of media systems in Europe. It explores new political, economic and technological environments and the challenges th

Contributing to a rethink of Public Service Media, this book combines theoretical insights and legal frameworks with practice, examining theory and policy devel

Compares models of media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe.

Public service media (PSM) have been the mainstay of Western European broadcasting for a number of decades. Yet despite a general political consensus in favour

Few will deny that public service broadcasting?broadcasting that is controlled neither by the state nor by private media corporations?is an essential ingredient