"From Secret Service to Public Service"...

"Top European and Hungarian media policy makers and experts met in Budapest on 3 November for a day's conference entitled "From Secret Service to Public Service". The conference explored issues related to the independence of public service media: how national media legislation and European regulations can guarantee true political and financial independence for public broadcasters. Future issues for European public service media were also explored: How can public service media be successful in the digital environment of the 21st century, when traditional mass media and new media converge and develop new, interactive communication services? How can taxpayers’ support of public media be maintained? How can citizens access archival materials in the context of digital convergence? These questions are of particular importance these days, when European policy makers are revising the Television Without Frontiers Directive, the core element of European audiovisual regulation."

ANNA HEROLD: Europe Going Digital: The New Audiovisual Media Services Directive

KAROL JAKUBOWICZ: Public service broadcasting: The Beginning of the End, or a New Beginning?

MARTIN KRAFL: Why politicians should not mess with public media

VINCENT PORTERA: Modest proposal on behalf of Hungary's citizens: The need to establish a citizen-oriented regulatory framework for Europe's public service broadcasters in the digital age

VIVIANE REDING: The role of public service broadcasters in a vibrant and pluralist digital media landscape

ZOLTÁN RUDI: From state TV to public TV: The future of MTV

WERNER RUMPHORST: The Requirements for the Independence of Public Service Television

ILDIKÓ SARKADY": Hungary going digital" Re-shaping media regulation and public service in the age of digitisation