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Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence (2005) - Reports, press releases, media coverage

Television across Europe
New monitoring project -- TV across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008

New EUMAP/NMP monitoring of television regulation, policy and independence updates nine country reports: See www.mediapolicy.org.

Read more about the reports on Albania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, as well as Bulgaria .

Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence (2005)

The pivotal role of television in supporting democracy in Europe is under threat. Public service broadcasters are compromising quality to compete with commercial channels, and many of them depend on Governments or political parties. Meanwhile, ever-larger concentrations are developing in the commercial sector, often with clear political affiliations. These developments jeopardise broadcasting pluralism and diversity, with the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe most at risk.

These are the main findings of the monitoring report Television across Europe: regulation, policy and independence, released on 11 October 2005 in Brussels. The report covers 20 European countries - EU members, candidates and potential candidates - from the UK to Turkey, and from Romania to France. At 1662 pages, it is the largest ever comparative survey of its kind. The report analyses broadcasting across the continent and addresses policy recommendations to national and international authorities and groups.

The monitoring has been carried out in cooperation with the Media Program of the Open Society Institute and in collaboration with national expert reporters and partner organisations in each country.

To receive copies of the reports, please use the Publication order form. Prefer the digital copy available below but having trouble downloading? The Summary and entire report (Volume 1, 2 and 3) are also available on this soros.org page.

Translations of country reports, country pages and followup project

For each of the countries covered in the monitoring, the country report as well as the European overview report has been translated into the national language(s). The summary report was also translated into Russian.

Where possible, whenever a translated report was available, the report on that country was presented at a national launch event.

Country reports and press releases are also grouped together by country, with other relevant info from these pages, on respective country pages. In some cases (Poland, Czech Republic) these country pages also feature responses to the reports.

International edition
Summary Report
Adobe PDF document Summary   [ 1.9 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Summary Report by Section
Adobe PDF document Cover, Acknowledgements, Preface, Foreword   [ 181.1 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Overview (including main findings, recommendations)   [ 1.1 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Summary of country reports   [ 0.8 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Overview - ERRATA   [ 10.9 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Entire Report
Adobe PDF document Volume 1: Overview and Albania - Estonia   [ 3.8 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Volume 2: France - Poland   [ 3.3 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Volume 3: Republic of Macedonia - United Kingdom   [ 3.2 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Germany - ERRATA   [ 13.6 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Poland - ERRATA   [ 70.1 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Individual country reports and translations
Albania
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Albania   [ 457.7 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Bosnia-Herzegovina   [ 0.6 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Bulgaria
Croatia
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Croatia   [ 417.2 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Czech Republic
Estonia
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Estonia   [ 509.1 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
France
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: France   [ 0.6 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Germany
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Germany   [ 458.2 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Germany - ERRATA   [ 13.6 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Latvia   [ 479.8 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Lithuania
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Lithuania   [ 391.1 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Poland
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Poland   [ 0.5 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Poland - ERRATA   [ 70.1 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Republic of Macedonia
Romania
In Russian
Serbia
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Serbia   [ 481.2 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Slovakia
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Slovakia   [ 0.6 MB, Adobe PDF document ]  
Slovenia
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Slovenia   [ 466.8 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Turkey
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: Turkey   [ 453.6 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
United Kingdom
Adobe PDF document Country chapter: United Kingdom   [ 430.9 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Methodology
MS Word document Report methodology   [ 72.5 k, MS Word document ]  
MS Word document Style Guide   [ 87 k, MS Word document ]  
Press Releases / Announcements
International
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Adobe PDF document 13. detsember 2005: "Eestil puudub selge ringhäälingupoliitika"   [ 51.7 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
in Estonian
France
Germany
Hungary
Adobe PDF document 2006. május 9.: A magyar televíziózás sürgős reformra vár   [ 120.7 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
in Hungarian
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Adobe PDF document 28 November 2005: Romanian television in troubled waters   [ 45.5 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document 28 noiembrie 2005: Televiziunea din Romania in ape tulburi   [ 65.8 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
in Romanian
In Russian
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Adobe PDF document 1 March 2006: Disappointing trends in Slovenian television   [ 57.3 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
Adobe PDF document 1. marec 2006: Nevzpodbudni trendi na področju televizije v Sloveniji   [ 126.2 k, Adobe PDF document ]  
in Slovenian
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