ABSTRACT
The world is changing, and with it all the ideas about regulation and communication policy in broadcasting, telecommunication and information sectors. Regulation, freedom and politics are the cornerstones of each country's democratic communications system and they have been the main driving forces behind the broadcasting, press, telecommunication and information policy-making during the twentieth century. In the twentieth century, communication networks, interactive multimedia application and the new digital services provided the foundation for the transformation of existing economic, social cultural and political relationship into an 'information society'. In the twenty-first century, the convergence of technologies, markets, regulation systems, legislation and policies of broadcasting, telecommunication, publishing, and information sectors, together with the 'information society', are providing the foundation of the emerging new 'info-communication society'. The outlook for the British advertising and broadcasting control in the digital transformation and info-communication era is very uncertain. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
