Université de Fribourg

Blast from the Past? : A Comparative Analysis of Broadcast Licensing in the Digital Era

Schweizer, Corinne ; Puppis, Manuel ; Künzler, Matthias ; Studer, Samuel

In: Journal of Information Policy, 2014, vol. 4, p. 507-528

The advent of new broadcasting technologies has eliminated spectrum scarcity as a constraint on broadcasting, and with it one of the justifications for broadcast licensing. Have nations moved away from licensing as a form of regulation of their broadcasting sectors? And concomitantly, is there less opportunity to use licensing as a means of promoting the public interest in broadcasting? The...