The country of origin principle and competition among national regulatory régimes in East Central Europe

• Authors: Gábor Polyák , Gergely László Szőke
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The cornerstone of European media regulation is the principle of the “country of origin”, which makes it possible for broadcasters to establish themselves in any EEA Member State and to broadcast their programmes in another one (CEC, 2006). The less competitive is this regulatory framework when compared with other countries, the greater is the possibility that broadcasters will set up their operation in another state. Firstly, we shall describe the European legal framework relating to the country of origin principle, including the ECJ’s case law. We also propose to show the potential difficulties of interpretation of the new regulation of the AMS Directive concerning this principle. We will also examine how the country of origin principle affects the media régimes of the East Central European region. We shall compare the Hungarian system with the regulations of Czech Re- public and Romania, and we shall show those factors which influence the broadcaster’s willingness and motivation to choose a country from which to operate.

Keywords

EN

EC media regulation; country of origin principle; Hungarian; Czech; Romanian media regulation

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1(2)
• Pages: 83-97

Dates

published

2009

Contributors

author

Gábor Polyák

• University of Pécs, Hungary

author

Gergely László Szőke

• University of Pécs, Hungary

Identifiers

ISSN

1899-5101