Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter
Issue 40-41
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law November 15,
1997
Forthcoming in the Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative
Law, a special issue on:
BROADCASTING REFORM IN INDIA:
A Case Study in the Use of Comparative Media Law
Monroe E. Price, Stefaan G. Verhulst, Editors
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Monroe Price and Stefaan Verhulst
Part I: Background
Chapter I History of Indian Broadcasting Reform
Sevanti Ninan, Media Columnist, Hindu
Chapter II Doordshan, Public Service Broadcasting
and the Impact of Globalization: A Short History
Nikhil Sinha, Associate Director, Center for Asian Studies, University
of Texas at Austin
Chapter III Trends in Indian Media and Prospects
for Broadcasting Reform
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Editor and Publisher, India Techonomist
Part II: The Broadcasting Bill and Comparative Media Law
Chapter IV A Human Right Perspective in the
Broadcasting Bill Debate
Mark Templeton, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Chapter V A Methodological Perspective on the Uses
of Comparative Media Law
Monroe Price and Stefaan Verhulst
Chapter VI The Market for Loyalties and Uses of
Comparative Media Law
Chapter VII The Economics of Auctioning and Related
Regulatory Issues: The Economic Viability of the Auction Provision of the
Bill and Alternatives for Direct-to-Home Licenses
Pietro and Maria Vagliasindi, University of Pisa and University
of Edinburgh
Chapter VIII A British Perspective on Structuring
the Indian Broadcasting Regulatory Authority
Tony Prosser, University of Glasgow
Chapter IX The Broadcasting of Sport and Major
Events under the Broadcasting Bill, 1997
Scott Bouvier, White & Case, New York
Conclusion