ABSTRACT
The operation of European Community competition policy has already had more of an impact on Europe’s broadcasting industry than any of the European regulation specifically targeted at the sector. Enforcement of the competition provisions of the Treaty of Rome already has-and will continue to have-a considerable influence on the behaviour of Europe’s public service broadcasters, whilst preventing several commercial digital TV alliances and dictating the shape of others.1 Competition policy is also playing an increasingly important part in deciding two of the key issues in digital TV: the way in which TV sports rights are sold and how access to conditional access systems is granted.
