Hans Bredow Institute Carries out EU-study

Search for Indicators for independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies

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The Hans Bredow Institute (lead contractor), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Central European University, Cullen International as well as Perspective Associates as a subcontractor have been chosen by the European Commission to carry out the study “Indicators for independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies for the purpose of enforcing the rules in the AVMS Directive” (SMART 2009/0001). The consortium is cooperating with a net of correspondents covering each of the 43 countries covered by the study.

The study will have three general objectives:

  • detailed legal description and analysis of the audiovisual media services regulatory bodies in the Member States as well as in candidate and potential candidate countries to the European Union and in the EFTA countries. By way of comparison, the regulatory system of four other countries, namely the USA, Japan, Singapore and Australia, will be analysed, too.
  • an analysis of the effective implementation of the legal framework for regulatory bodies in these countries.
  • the identification of key characteristics constituting an “independent regulatory body” in the light of the AVMS Directive. 

Global aim of the study is the development of indicators that allow the measurement of inde-pendence of regulatory bodies in the field of audiovisual media as well as the assessment of these bodies’ functioning to be able to accomplish its tasks to ensure the effective application of the AVMS Directive.

The study has a designated time frame of 13 months and is planned to start in February 2010. On the part of the Hans Bredow Institute the study team will be formed by Dr. Wolfgang Schulz, Stephan Dreyer, Nora Rzadkowski and Regine Sprenger.

 

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