'mediaset' Category
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Sep052008
Debate on the TV of the future at the Festa Democratica
To the Festa Democratica this evening to hear Giovanna Melandri [Partito Democratico], Claudio Petruccioli [Rai], Tom Mockridge [Sky Italia], Gina Nieri [Mediaset] and Giovanni Stella [La7] talk about the television of the future.
Petruccioli had two suggestions for Rai, but refused to go any further, pointedly noting that he’s already gone over his term as [...] -
Dec282006
Countries that need to fix their media systems
I’ve been doing some research for a term paper on comparing democracies. Using Coppedge and Reinicke’s Polyarchy and Contestation data-set, I’ve identified those countries which would be perfect polyarchies were it not for their media systems, where government information is privileged. They are:
Albania
Botswana
Cape Verde
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guyana
Honduras
Israel and the occupied territories
Kiribati
Mauritius
Mexico
Namibia
Panama
UkraineThese countries are doing something right. That’s [...]
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Nov092006
Mediaset fails to buy ProSiebenSat
Mediaset has been excluded from the short-list of companies competing to buy German TV group ProSiebenSat. Reuters, citing an anonymous source, claims that the exclusion was made on political grounds.
It is not uncommon to argue that Berlusconi’s business success is built on political connections rather than business acumen. The contrast between Berlusconi’s failure to make [...] -
Oct122006
New Italian media law announced
Event:The Prodi government has agreed changes to Italy’s framework media law, reducing generous antri-trust limits set by the previous Berlusconi government.
Significance:Public broadcaster Rai and private corporation Mediaset – owned by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi – enjoy a de facto duopoly over Italian television. Each has three of seven national terrestrial channels, and their advertising [...] -
Jun062006
Italy govt mulling 3 options on curbing Mediaset, RAI power – report – Forbes.com
Italy govt mulling 3 options on curbing Mediaset, RAI power – report – Forbes.com: “MILAN (AFX) – Italy’s government is expected to consider three options to curb the market power of Mediaset SpA and state broadcaster RAI, said a report in Corriere della Sera, citing sector experts.”
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Apr262006
Changeover in Mediaset’s flagship news bulletin
Interesting article from Repubblica.it on Lamberto Sposini leaving Tg5. The article is interesting not for Sposini’s departure, but rather for more evidence on the politico-electoral cycle which afflicts Italian news media. 3rd paragraph down:
‘The editorial assembly “made clear the concerns raised during the meeting, amongst which the clear knowledge that a historic period for this [...] -
Apr252006
The Gasparri law and the SIC – or why normal anti-trust rules don’t work here
Following on from yesterday’s post, there seems no third way to resolve the tremendous conflict of interest posed by Berlusconi’s control of the media. Whilst in many other countries, existing anti-trust or media legislation would be used to break up or otherwise ameliorate Mediaset’s dominant position in the Italian media, that doesn’t seem possible in [...]
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Apr242006
Revisit Gasparri or introduce conflict-of-interest legislation
FT.com / Lex – Lex: Silvio lining: FT notes three options for the Prodi government in dealing with mediaset: (a) revisit Gasparri, (b) introduce conflict-of-interest legislation, (c) beef up Rai. I wonder whether there’s a third option – using antitrust legislation to attack Mediaset? I’m guessing that Rai and Mediaset enjoy (at least) duopoly status [...]