Catch 22: The Privatization of Danish TV 2 vs. EU Rules of State Aid
Since 2001, the Danish government has wanted to privatize the public broadcaster TV 2; however, the sales process has been halted. Ap- parently the EU rules on competition block for the will of the majority in the Danish parliament. The presentation explains this paradox by de- scribing the hi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)
2006-09-01
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| Series: | MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research |
| Online Access: | https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/1319 |
| Summary: | Since 2001, the Danish government has wanted to privatize the public
broadcaster TV 2; however, the sales process has been halted. Ap-
parently the EU rules on competition block for the will of the majority in
the Danish parliament. The presentation explains this paradox by de-
scribing the historical development of two processes: the attempt to
the privatize TV 2 and the state aid cases against TV 2, which were
opened by the Commission and now pending at the Court of First In-
stance. The conclusion finds no inconsistency between the govern-
ment's wish and the rules on State aid, but TV 2 has unlawfully trans-
ferred funding for programming to equity capital, and the Commissi-
ons has misinterpreted the conditions for using Article 86(2) in the
Treaty in the evaluation of the recapitalization of TV 2. These two
processes now obstruct each other. |
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| ISSN: | 0900-9671 1901-9726 |