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This article proposes a framework for the analysis of the role of ethnic minorities in Canadian broadcasting. It takes into consideration the intersection of American, English-Canadian, and French-Canadian television output, as well as the divergent underlying cultural and linguistic…

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The emergence of sport as a staple of Canadian broadcasting has a lengthy and complex history, variously involving agents of private capital and the state. Both professional and amateur sport have been targeted for
reasons which differ according to…

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Australia has had a comparatively
stable broadcasting system since the 1950s. This began to
change in the 1980s and the pace of change is now accelerating.
The government has just released a new draft broadcasting bill
which promises to…

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This paper examines the emergence
of various forms of non-state television in the Ukraine. In
the absence of regulatory machinery, cable and cassette technologies
permit operators to broadcast pirated material without any concern
for variety, quality, or copyright considerations,…

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The development of Canadian broadcast policy and law respecting
"content balance'' (and corollary notions of public "access and
reply'' entitlements, "abusive speech,'' and "controversial issues
of public importance'') exhibits significant definitional
vagueness and discontinuity. The authors summarize the history

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This paper examines the ways in which skinheads and the press in Canada mutually engage in public strategies to subvert each other's significatory powers. Arguably, skinheads present a limited challenge to the social mainstream which, like their style, exists…

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The Sports Network (TSN) is a 24-hour all-sports specialty programming service that is widely distributed in the Canadian cable television system. In eight years of operation, TSN has achieved significant financial success following a pragmatic market plan conceived in…

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In democracies, the legal right of freedom of expression is regarded as a "core" right. The author starts with the declaration that it is not sufficiently valued in Canada. He then dissects it to reveal its inner structure and…

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The motive force behind
the global production and distribution of media products is
to be found in a translation of basic human rights into free
flow of information doctrine and a variety of associated legal
and policy provisions. The…