Challenges to the ECtHR from Russia and Turkey: Freedom of Expression on the Internet - Legal Resources

The regulation of the online domain is gradually being tightened: an analysis of the most recent challenges to the ECtHR in Turkey and Russia 

The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Western Balkans: The Need for a New paradigm - Reports

Public Service Broadcasters (PSB) in the countries of the Western Balkans are in crisis. At stake is the very legitimacy of public service broadcasting in the region.

REVEAL project workshop - Opportunities

The final REVEAL workshop, on September 16, on verification of user-generated content, journalistic challenges and how technology can aid in the process.

What We Talk About When We Talk About “Media Independence” - Academic Sources

How do we frame media independence? Does the concept apply equally to commercial and public media? How does digital transformation impact on media independence?

Opinion of the Council of Europe Experts on Polish Public Service Media - Reports

Conclusions of the expert dialogue between the Polish Government and the Council of Europe on the Polish public service media 

Public Service Media in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan - Reports

The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, published a new report on public service media (PSM) in the Transcaucasian countries

Media ownership: towards Pan-European groups? - Reports

A publication of the European Audiovisual Observatory shows how few media companies are controlling large part of broadcasting market in Europe

The Imperial Legacies of Television within Europe - Academic Sources

The study gives a postcolonial account of intra-European broadcast regions through industrial collaborations, imperial vestiges, and imperial connections

European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services - ERGA - Stakeholders

The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) gathers high level representatives of national independent regulatory bodies in the field of audiovisual services, to advise the Commission on the implementation of the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) .

ERGA was established in February 2014 by the European Commission, having as its main objectives:

- to assist the Commission in ensuring a consistent implementation of the AVMSD

- to facilitate cooperation between the regulatory bodies in the EU

- to allow for an exchange of experience and good practices.

Since 1 January 2016, ERGA is chaired by Prof. Madeleine de Cock Buning, Professor of Media Law at Utrecht University and president of the Dutch regulator. Mr Oliver Schrameck (ERGA Chair in 2014-2015) is now Vice-Chair, along with Ms. Mirjana Rakić, Chairman of the Croatian regulator until April 2016.

Call for Policy Papers: Audiovisual Media Services within the Digital Single Market - Opportunities

The LSE Media Policy Project and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) opened the call for policy papers for the conference on "Audiovisual Media Services within the Digital Single Market", to be held on 14-15 June 2016 in Brussels