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International Standards for Media Governance

Learn about regulatory standards for media governance in broadcast and online platforms. Topics covered include spectrum allocation, regulatory body structure, public interest principles, and guidelines for community, public service, and commercial broadcasting.

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International Standards for Media Governance

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  1. ` International Standards for Media Governance Prepared by Michael Karanicolas Legal Officer Centre for Law and Democracy

  2. Broadcast vs. Electronic Broadcasting: a rich expressive environment requires significant government intervention, particularly to allocate spectrum as a public resource. Online: a rich expressive environment requires a light regulatory touch, to preserve the freewheeling character of online discourse.

  3. Overarching Principle: Public Interest • Freedom of expression and access to information • Diversity of media ownership and content • Broad reach within society • A sustainable resource base

  4. Structuring a Regulatory Body • Independent • Focused on the public interest • Open and transparent • Subject to judicial oversight

  5. Spectrum Allocation • Public Service Broadcasting • Community Broadcasting • Commercial, private sector broadcasting

  6. Community Broadcasting • Creating by and for a particular community • Primary purpose is to deliver a social benefit to that community • Licensing should be fair, open and transparent • Should have access to a diversity of funding sources • Public funding, where available, should be administered through a fair, open and transparent process

  7. Public Service Broadcasting • Independently run • Diverse • Inform, educate and entertain • Publicly funded, though additional sources of revenue may be acceptable

  8. Private Commercial Broadcasting • Regulated in order to ensure a diversity of services and fair competition • Public service requirements are legitimate in consideration of broadcasters’ use of the public airwaves • Grants, subsidies and advertising dollars should be allocated in a fair and transparent manner

  9. Thank you! Michael Karanicolas michael@law-democracy.org @RTI_Law www.law-democracy.org

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