It has been more than four months now since Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation decided to withdraw its bid to fully acquire British Sky Broadcasting (BSkYB) on 13 July 2011. Although that decision put an end to a case which had … Continue reading
On 13 July 2011 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced its decision to drop the bid to take full control of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The mounting pressure following the latest phone-hacking scandal’s revelations forced News Corp to put an end … Continue reading
I gave a brief presentation on the News Corp/BSkyB case at the Annenberg/Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute. The following is the summary of the slides: 1.The UK regulatory framework and the Public Interest Test 2.News Corp/BSkyB: the story step by … Continue reading
Discussing the role of public service content (PSC) in the digital media landscape keeps raising the old unsolved question: can the market deliver? A Westminster Media Forum conference on June 22nd focused the market failure question on public service plurality: … Continue reading
Two articles published on the LSE Media Policy Blog and medialaws.eu, as News Corp’s bid for fully acquire BSkyB is about to be cleared by the UK Culture Secretary. 1. The challenge of measuring media plurality: Expert workshop at the … Continue reading
Watching TV, browsing the Internet, reading newspapers and making phone calls with a single device is not the future anymore. Digitalisation of information has been leading to a convergence era, where traditional boundaries between media sectors have blurred. As the … Continue reading
Once again, talking about media plurality inevitably means talking about Rupert Murdoch. Since News Corp announced its intention of totally acquiring BSkyB in June, the UK media have been in upheaval. The key question to which the EU Commission, OFCOM … Continue reading