Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- The European Level -- Media Policy and Regulatory Concerns -- The 'Television Without Frontiers' Directive Mainstream and Independent European Broadcasting in the Digital Age -- Concentration and Competition Policies Towards a Precarious Balance within the Global Audiovisual Order -- Reappraising European Policies to Protect Local Television Content against US Imports -- European Public Television in Search of a Mission in an Era of Economic and Technological Change -- Digital Convergence The Development of a New Media Market in Europe -- The National Level -- Western Europe -- Belgium -- Luxembourg -- The Netherlands -- Denmark -- France -- The Federal Republic of Germany -- Italy -- United Kingdom -- Non-Western Europe -- Russia -- Canada -- United States of America -- Documentation Section -- About the Authors