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State aid and Public Service Broadcasters

EPC factsheets: State aid and public sector broadcasters (PDF file) (29 June 2009)

Contribution from the EPC to the Draft Broadcasting Communication (PDF file) (8 May 2009)

Press release: Unlimited expansion of public broadcasters into new media threatens development of commercial players (PDF file) (Brussels, 5 March 2009). Press release also in German and French

Joint letter to Commissioner Kroes about the review of the Broadcasting Communication (PDF file) (10 February 2009)

Briefing for Members of the European Parliament: Draft broadcasting communication - consultation 2009 (PDF file) (10 February 2009)

Comments from the European Publishers Council on the review of the Commission’s Communication on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting and a response to the questionnaire (PDF file) (March 2008)

Comments from the European Publishers Council on the review of the Commission’s Communication on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting and a response to the questionnaire (PDF file) (March 2008)

Safeguarding the future - a white paper on the financing and regulation of publicly funded broadcasters (March 2004) (PDF file)

Media industry sets out market distortions and calls for rigorous application of state aid rules to publicly-funded broadcasters (March 2004) (PDF file)

Relevant Markets position paper: Ad Hoc Alliance against unfair competition in the TV and new services markets

Protocol to the Amsterdam Treaty June 1997 on public service broadcasting