Broadcast Policy, Law and Regulation in a Global Context CMNS 333 (4)
Television, in various formats, in Canada, is traditionally seen as important to political and cultural self-determination. The production, financing, and distribution of information and entertainment TV services are restructuring, with profound consequences for broadcast law and regulation in global markets. The rudiments of strategic analysis of stakeholders, companies, industrial sectors (strengths, weaknesses, threats, opportunities) and technical policy writing and interventions will be covered. A simulation will be staged around a convergence theme drawn from the contemporary regulatory agenda in Canada. Prerequisite: CMNS 230 or 240; and 261.