The regulation of digital conditional access systems. A case study in European policy making

David A L Levy

Telecommunications Policy, 1997, vol. 21, issue 7, 661-676

Abstract: The European digital TV market is characterised by a series of rival proprietary, and often incompatible, conditional access systems and the emergence of a degree of regulatory fragmentation, as Member States interpret the 1995 Advanced TV Standards Directive in differing ways. The Directive accorded low priority to issues of interoperability and open standards in digital TV, that were regarded as crucial in other Information Society services. This article argues that concern to avoid the mistakes of the MAC Directives led national and EU policymakers to rely unduly on securing the approval of industry players for the timing and content of their regulatory proposals.

Date: 1997
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