This book examines the interaction of industry, ideology and markets, exploring in particular how the world's media have responded both to deregulation and to the emergence of supra-national institutions such as the European Community. Preface, Introduction: Politics and Markets and Communication Policies, The Role of the International Telecommunication Union: Conflict and Resolution and the Industrialized Countries, Intelsat and the Debate about Satellite Competition, International Regime or Corporate Actor? The European Community in Telecommunications Policy, Broadcasting and the European Community: The Commission's Audiovisual Policy, Luxembourg: Changing Anatomy of an International Broadcasting Power, British Television in an Age of Change, New Media in West Germany: The Politics of Legitimation, The Political Economy of Telecommunications in France: A Case Study of ''Telematics'', Conclusion, Index.