This book offers a comprehensive overview of the current European media in a period of disruptive transformation. It maps the full scope of contemporary media policy and industry activities while also assessing the impact of new technologies and radical changes in distribution and consumption on media practices, organizations and strategies. 

Why Study Media Policy and Regulation? Hannu Neiminen   Is Content Still King? Trends and Challenges in the Production and Distribution of Television Content in Europe Tim Raats, Jeanette Steamers and Karen Donders   Media Economics and Transformation in a Digital Europe Tom Evens   Media Governance: More than a Buzzword Werner A. Meier   Subsidies: Fuel for Media Josef Trappel   Public Service Media in Western Europe Today: Ten Countries Compared Hilde van den Bulck, Leen d'Haenens and Tim Raats   The Europeanization of the European Media: The Incremental Cultivation of the EU Media Policy Stylianos Papathanassopoulos   The Council of Europe: Ensuring the Freedom and Independence of Europe's Media  Tarlach McGonagle   Europe's Internet Policies: The Challenge of Maintaining an Open Internet  Christian Möller and Tarlach McGonagle   Media and Democracy: A Couple Walking Hand in Hand? Josef Trappel and Hannu Nieminen   Media Diversity and Pluriformity: Hybrid 'Regimes' across Europe Leen d'Haenens, Elke Ichau, Hanne Vadenberghe and Pascal Verhoest   Testing the Boundaries: Evolving Norms and Troubling Trends for Journalism Auské Balčytiene, Karin Raeymackers and Elena Vartanova