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Dr. GABRIELLA CSEH
Since 2000 attorney at law, specialized on communications law.
Her experiences include legal strategy advisory positions to the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Media and Culture and the former Chairman of the National Radio and Television Commission. She is the member of the Advisory Board of "Media Research", a prestigious monthly media journal published in Hungary.
She is the co-author of the first Hungarian university textbook published in the area of media law, author and co-author of numerous articles and studies on Hungarian and international media law. (See the separately attached publication list.)
Publications
- Gabriella Cseh: European Media Law and Media Policy, 2005 June, a study commissioned by the Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission;
- Gabriella Cseh: The Possibility of State Aiding Broadcasting based upon EU Law, 2005 May, a study commissioned by the Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission;
- Gabriella Cseh: International Legal Solutions on Must Carry, Related Regulatory Dilemmas, 2005 April, a study commissioned by the National Communications Authority;
- Gabriella Cseh: Hungary: Mobile termination fees may decrease as of June 2005 (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2005 February)
- Gabriella Cseh: Pannon GSM, T-Mobile Hungary and Vodafone Hungary obtained 3G service license in Hungary (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2005 January);
- Gabriella Cseh: Hungarian mobile telephone market may have a fourth player (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2004 December);
- Recent dilemmas related to the digital switch over in Hungary, 2004 June, a study commissioned by the Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission
- Gabriella Cseh: Plans on Launching a New TV Channel in Romania, with the financial support of the Hungarian government (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2004 March);
- Gabriella Cseh: On the approach of the media bill concept paper on financing public service media; Media Researcher (journal), December 2003 (study);
- Gabriella Cseh: Government approved the Communications Authority's annual report (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2003 September) (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2003 February);
- Gabriella Cseh: Hungarian Parliament shall elect a new Chairman of the National Radio and Television Commission (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2003 January);
- Gabriella Cseh: The Hungarian National Public Television outsources the sales of its commercial airtime and sponsorship possibilities (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 2002, October);
- Author of 6 chapters out of 11 of the first on-line university text book written in Hungarian on Hungarian and international media law, telecommunications law and e-commerce, published in October, 2003 by MATAV Ltd. (dominant telecommunications service provider in the Hungarian market);
- György Feledi - Gabriella Cseh: Public Service or Advertising: Advertising in public service channels, Media Book, Enamike Ltd., September, 2002. (study);
- Cseh Gabriella: The International and Hungarian Regulation of Commercial Speech, Economics and Law (journal), 2002, June (study);
- Cseh Gabriella: How shall be the Hungarian Media Law Amended? One chapter of a book of Gábor Halmai: Communications Rights, Új Mandátum Publishing House, April, 2002;
- Ildikó Sarkady- Gabriella Cseh: The International and Hungarian Regulation of Commercial Speech, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Publishing House , 2002;
- Gabriella Cseh: The International Regulation of Commercial Television Broadcasting, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Publishing House , 2002;
- Miklós Sükösd - Gabriella Cseh: The Power of Law. Towards to the Evaluation of the Media Act, Media Researcher (journal), March 2001 (study);
- Gabriella Cseh - Gábor Halmai: Media Enterprises in Europe (book), published by the University of Economics, Vienna FOWI, 2000;
- Cseh- Bozzay- Hegyi: Access to National Markets, European Counsel, Communications Industry Report, 2000 (study);
- Gabriella Cseh-Miklós Sükösd: Media Law and Media Policy in Hungary, Media Policy II. (university textbook) Uj Mandatum Publishing House, 1999;
- Author of the titles: Press Law; Media Law in the Hungarian Encyclopedia of Law, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1999 November;
- Gabriella Cseh: Hungary: Bill on the detailed rules of broadcast transfer (IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1999 November);
- Gabriella Cseh: Hungary: Landmark interpretations of the Hungarian Media Act by the Hungarian Constitutional Court , IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1999 October;
- Co-editor of the Media Book, Enamike Ltd., 1999 September;
- Gabriella Cseh-Miklós Sükösd: Media Law and Media Policy in Hungary, Media Law I., (university textbook) Uj Mandatum Publishing House, 1999;
- Gabriella Cseh: To the legal edge of information society, Média Hungária (journal) April 1999;
- Author of the Annual Country Report 1998 on Hungary for the European Audiovisual Observatory, published by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1999 April;
- Gabriella Cseh: Hungary: Case brought by journalists against journalists on violation of personal reputation, IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1998 November;
- Co-editor of the Media Book, Enamike Ltd., 1998 September;
- Gabriella Cseh The legal and market situation of European media and it's Bermudan triangle with Hungarian media regulation, Media Book, Enamike Ltd., 1998 September;
- Gabriella Cseh-Krisztina Kovács: The international regulation of freedom of expression and freedom of the press Media Book, Enamike Ltd., September 1998;
- Gabriella Cseh: National Radio and Television Board distributes licenses for local broadcasters in Hungary, IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1998 September;
- Gabriella Cseh: Canal Plus contra HBO IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1998 June;
- Gabriella Cseh: IRISZ TV loses case against Hungarian National Radio and TV Board IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, 1998 April;
- Miklós Sükösd-Gabriella Cseh Hollywood's Hungarian Offensive Transitions Magazine, 1998 April;
- Miklós Sükösd- Gabriella Cseh: After the law: media policy dilemma related to the bidding of local radios and televisions; Mozgó Világ, 1997 September;
- Editor of a legal handbook series for Hungarian journalist, 1996-1997;
- Krisztina Kovács-Gabriella Cseh: The Hungarian and International Regulation of Establishing Papers and Freedom of Expression, (a manual), COLPI, October 1996;
- Gabriella Cseh - Miklós Sükösd: The media law and what comes after: institutions, definitions and problem areas in the media law, book published by COLPI, 1996 December.
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TUDOR GIURGIU
Biography
Born in Cluj, in 1972.
Academy of Theatre and Film graduate, Film Direction section in 1995.
TV Director/Film Producer of advertising and musical videos.
Managing Director of LIBRA Film, an independent film/TV production company.
Initiator and Director of The International Film Festival Transylvania, the first and the most important full-length film Festival in Romania.
Participant in the international seminars of film and TV production: "East West Producers Seminars" (organized by the British Screen and British Know How Fund - 1994), "Real Film Producing" (directed by the British producer Rob Buckler at the Amsterdam Summer University - 1994), "Eureka Audiovisual" (taking part in a pitch with a full-length film project - 2000) or "Berlinale Talent Campus" - a workshop organised during the Berlin Film Festival in 2003.
Resident Artist at 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle, as a result of a scholarship for the Artslink project (1997).
Creative Director (Artistic Director) for Atomic TV Romania, the first local music channel in Romania (1998-1999), being responsible for the coordination of programs production and image promotion strategy, as well.
Film Director of "Love and other maladies" (in a pre-production phase), project that already won contests for script in Sarajevo and Rotterdam and obtained financing in 2004 from the National Center of Cinematography.
Producer of the movie "The Great Communist Bank Robbery", a Romania-France-BBC-ZDF/Arte-France2 co-production, directed by Alexandru Solomon, awarded at significant festivals like the ones in Madrid, Pessac or Gyor.
Director and producer of the short-reel film "Popcorn Story", selected in the Panorama section of Berlin Festival 2002.
Director and producer of the documentary "Hausmeister" about the Germans who live in Transylvania, a movie awarded at the Dakino Festival 2000 with the direction prize and the critique prize.
Advertising and musical videos director, collaborating with the most important advertising companies and bands in Romania - the video " Innocent Thoughts"/ Gyuri Pascu was awarded as the best video of the year 1997, the same distinctions were also awarded to the videos: "A Thief Guts"/ La Familia (1999), "1, 2, and 3 zeros"/ BUG Mafia (2000) and "Help Yourself"/ Sensor (2004). The video "Disoriented" of "The Man with Rats" band was awarded as the best video of Televest Festival 2002.
Producer of the three-episode serial "Romania looked at with the heart" - client Coca Cola Romania/D'Arcy, broadcasted on ProTV (2001). Producer for the video called "Como te olvido" of the actress and interpreter Natalia Oreiro for BMG Argentina.
Second unit director and assistant director of important productions shot in Romania, working with famous directors as Lucian Pintilie, Radu Mihaileanu or Nae Caranfil.
Since July 2005, President Director General of Romanian Television.
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 MIKLÓS HARASZTI
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Hungarian writer, journalist, human rights advocate and university professor Miklós Haraszti was appointed the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media effective from 10 March 2004. He was born in Jerusalem in 1945.
Mr. Haraszti studied philosophy and literature at the Budapest University and in 1996 received an Honorary Degree from Northwestern University in the United States.
In 1976 Mr. Haraszti co-founded the Hungarian Democratic Opposition Movement and in 1980 he became editor of the samizdat periodical Beszélő. In 1989, he participated in the "roundtable" negotiations on transition to free elections. A member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1990-1994, he then moved on to lecture on democratization and media politics at numerous universities.
Mr. Haraszti has written several essays and books, including "A Worker in a Worker's State" and "The Velvet Prison", both of which have been translated into several languages. His essays have been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He speaks English, Russian and German.
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ANNA HEROLD
is a policy officer in the Audiovisual and Media Policies Unit in the Directorate-General for Information Society and Media of the European Commission, where she is dealing with the implementation and the development of the European regulatory policy in the audiovisual field. Before joining the European Commission, she has been researcher at the European University Institute in Florence in the areas of European audiovisual policy and competition law as well as international trade law.
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 KAROL JAKUBOWICZ
Karol Jakubowicz Ph.D., was until recently Director, Strategy and Analysis Department, the National Broadcasting Council of Poland, the broadcasting regulatory authority. He has worked as a journalist and executive in the Polish press, radio and television for many years. He has been Vice-President, Television, Polish Radio and Television; Chairman, Supervisory Board, Polish Television and Head of Strategic Planning and Development at Polish Television. He has been active in the Council of Europe, in part as former Chairman of the Committee of Experts on Media Concentrations and Pluralism, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Transfrontier Television, and now as Chairman of the Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services.
He has been a member of the Digital Strategy Group of the European Broadcasting Union and contributed to writing its report "Media with a purpose. Public Service Broadcasting in the digital era". He helped write the report "Public Service Broadcasting in Europe" which was adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Jan. 27, 2004. His publications on PSB include:
"Keep the essence, change (almost) everything else: redefining PSB for the 21st century" (in:) Indrajit Banerjee, Kalinga Seneviratne (eds.) Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Globalisation. Kuala Lumpur: AMIC, 2006
"If not us, then who? Public service broadcasting and culture in the 21st century" (In:) Christian Nissen (Ed.) Making A Difference. Public Service Broadcasting in the European Media Landscape. Eastleigh: John Libbey Publishing, 2006
"A Square Peg in a Round Hole: The EU's policy on Public Service Broadcasting" (In:) I. Bondebjerg, P. Golding (Eds.) European Culture and the Media. Bristol: Intellect Books, 2004.
"Ideas in Our Heads: Introduction of PSB as Part of Media System Change in Central and Eastern Europe", European Journal of Communication, 19 (1): 53-75.
"Endgame? Contracts, Audits and the Future of Public Service Broadcasting". Javnost/The Public, Vol. X (2003), 3: 45-62.
"Bringing Public Service Broadcasting to Account" (In:) Taisto Hujanen, Greg Lowe (Eds.) Broadcasting and Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Service Remit Gothenburg: NORDICOM, 2003.
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 Dipl. Ing. MARTIN KRAFL
* Professional Experience:
Since February 2004
Czech Television
Kavčí hory, 140 70 Prague 4, EU - Czech Republic
- Spokesperson and PR Manager
- Head of the Contact Department with Viewers
- Moderator and Author of self-promotion magazine of Czech TV Adresat CT
2003-2004
Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
- Spokesperson to the Governor Petr Bendl
- Head of the Public Relations Department
1996-2003
Office of the President of the Czech Republic
- Head of the Press Service
- Deputy Spokesman to the Czech President Václav Havel
1998-2003
Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97
- Media Adviser
* Activities:
Member of an editorial office of the bi-monthly magazine Welcome to the Heart of Europe published by the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic.
* Experience:
1989
Social Human Center, Bremen, Germany
- Assistant
1992
British Festival Theater Company London,
- Production Assistant
1993
European Art Agency, Prague-Munich
- Casting Director
1993-1996
Radio RTL in Prague
- Newscaster
1995-1996
Premiera TV in Prague
- Reporter, Moderator
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 Dr. GÉZA LÁSZLÓ
Chief Executive Officer
(Year of Birth: 1963)
Chairman of the Board of Directors from September 1998 to July 2002, and the CEO of Antenna Hungária Rt. since 1 February 1999. From 1996 to 1998 he was the strategic and business development director for MATÁV Rt., from 1993 to 1996 the leading economist in Investel Rt., from 1992 to 1993 held a senior position at Budapest Bank Rt., and in 1991 was a consultant for the World Bank. In 1987 he graduated from the University of Economic Sciences of Budapest in Finance and Sociology, and in 1991 studied at the London School of Economics and at Princeton University (USA). In 1996 he was recognised as a candidate by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
1999. február 1-jétől az Antenna Hungária Rt. vezérigazgatója, 1998 szeptemberétől 2002 júliusáig az Igazgatóság elnöke. 1996 és 1998 között a MATÁV Rt. stratégiai és üzletfejlesztési igazgatója, 1993 és 1996 között az Investel Rt. vezető közgazdásza, 1992 és 1993 között a Budapest Bank Rt. főmunkatársa, 1991-ben a The World Bank tanácsadója. 1987-ben végzett a Budapesti Közgazdaság-tudományi Egyetem pénzügy és szociológia szakán, 1991-ben a London School of Economics, majd a Princeton University (USA) hallgatója volt. 1996-ban kandidátusi címet kapott a Magyar Tudományos Akadémián.
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 MATTEO MAGGIORE
is the BBC's Head of EU and International Policy since January 2006.
Matteo established the BBC's European Affairs office in Brussels in 1992. He subsequently spent a year in Belfast (1993) working as reporter and producer in BBC News, then returned to Brussels as European Affairs Manager. In 1996 he moved to London as Head of European Affairs. Between 1998 and 2000 he worked at the EBU in Geneva as Deputy Director of Television, and between 2000 and 2001 he was Director of Media and Telecommunications with the Grayling consultancy. He then rejoined the BBC in 2001 as Head of European Policy.
Before 1992 Matteo worked as an international relations lecturer and researcher in Rome (1983-1984), as journalist and documentary producer in Berlin (1984-1988), in the European Commission MEDIA Programme (1988-89) and in the European Parliament (1989-1992), working on EU media policy and external relations.
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PETER NOORLANDER
is a senior legal officer with ARTICLE 19, a human rights organization that works around the world to protect and promote the right to freedom of expression. He joined ARTICLE 19 in 2001 and he has written and contributed to numerous ARTICLE 19 publications and is an experienced trainer and speaker. Peter has represented ARTICLE 19 at international forums including UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and has advised governments as well as NGOs on a wide range of freedom of expression-related topics. Before joining ARTICLE 19, he worked with JUSTICE, the United Kingdom section of the International Commission of Jurists, where he was part of the privacy and criminal policy team.
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 FRITZ PLEITGEN
Fritz Pleitgen has been Director General of WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting Organisation) since 1995. Located in Cologne, WDR is the largest regional broadcaster within ARD, the co-operative of public service broadcasting organisations in Germany. He was also been chairman of ARD (the association of regional German broadcasters) from January 2001 until 31 December 2002.
Originally a newspaper journalist, Mr Pleitgen joined WDR in 1963 as a reporter for the main news programme of ARD. He was appointed correspondent in Moscow, head of ARD studios in former Eastern Berlin in 1977. In 1982, he became head of ARD Studios in Washington D.C., and, in 1987, head of ARD Studios in New York.
He was appointed editor-in-chief of WDR Television and head of politics and current affairs in 1988. Fritz Pleitgen still appears on screen regularly as reporter or presenter of WDR and ARD television programmes.
He was EBU Vice-President from 2002 to 2006.
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 VIVIANE REDING
Nationality: Luxembourger
Personal details
Born on 27 April 1951 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Married, three children
Education: Doctor of human sciences, Sorbonne, Paris
Professional career
1978-1999
Journalist, Luxemburger Wort
1986-1998
President, Luxembourg Union of Journalists
Political career
1979-1989
Member of Luxembourg Parliament
- President of social committee
- Member of the Office of the Chamber of Deputies
- Member of Benelux Parliament
- Member of the North Atlantic Assembly
(leader of Christian Democrat/Conservative group)
1981-1999
Communal councillor, city of Esch
- President of Cultural Affairs Committee 1992-1999
1988-1993
National president of Christian-Social Women
1995-1999
Vice-president, PCS (Parti Chrétien-Social)
1989-1999
Member of the European Parliament
- President of the Petitions Committee 1989-1992
- Vice-president of Social Committee 1992-1994
- Vice-president of Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs Committee 1997-1999
- Head of Luxembourg delegation to EPP
- Member of EPP group office
1999-2004
Member of the European Commission (Education, Culture, Youth, Media, Sport)
2004-
Member of the European Commission (Information Society and Media)
Prizes and distinctions
- 1992 St George's Cross from the Generalitat of Catalunya
- 2001 Gold Medal of European Merit
- 2004 Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Hu Chen University of Taiwan
- 2004 Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Genoa
- 2004 Robert Schuman Medal
- 2004 Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Torino
- 2004 Prince of Asturias International Cooperation Prize
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 ZOLTÁN RUDI
President of MTV Hungarian Television
Born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary in 1962. Married with three daughters.
Dr. Rudi graduated from the Legal Faculty of the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest in 1987. In 2004 he earned a postgraduate degree from the Budapest University of Economis and Public Administration as lobby expert.
He started his media carreer at the public service radio station Magyar Rádió in 1987 as anchor-editor-reporter. From 1989 he had the same responsibilities at the public service TV station Magyar Televízió.
Between 1994 and 1997 he was first Deputy Head, then Head of Programmes on Internal Affairs. In 1997 he was appointed Editor-in-chief of the daily news programme "Híradó" . Between 1989 and 1999 he acted as advisor to the President of MTV.
Between 2000 and 2002 Dr. Rudi managed the educational projects of the commercial TV station TV2 where he was also in charge of the morning programme "Jó reggelt Magyarország!" ("Good Morning Hungary").
He rejoined MTV in 2002 as Director of Current Affairs Programmes and later Programme Director.
The Board of Trustees of the Hungarian Television Public Foundation elected him President of MTV in March 2004.
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 WERNER RUMPHORST
Dr Werner Rumphorst, M.C.L. is the Director of the Legal Department of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is based in Geneva. Born in Germany in 1942, he holds a Doctorate in Law from Munich University and a master's degree in comparative law from George Washington University. Before becoming a broadcast lawyer in 1972 he was research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, where he specialized in international copyright law. Having joined the EBU Legal Department in 1976, he was appointed Director of the Department in 1986.
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 DR. SARKADY ILDIKÓ
A Eötvös Loránd Tudomány Egyetem Állam- és Jogtudományi karán végzett Budapesten. 1990-ig jogtanácsos; 1991-től ügyvédi praxis folytat és jogi tanácsadó médiajogi szakterületen. Számos egyetemen állandó, illetőleg meghívott média- és reklámjogi oktató. Mintegy félszáz publikált tanulmánya után 2005. decemberében megjelent a "Médiajogi írások" c. könyve. 2000-től a Magyar Reklámszövetség elnökségi tagja, Jogi Bizottságának elnöke, valamint tagja a Szerzői Jogi Szakértői Testület elnökségének. 2006. augusztus 1.-től a Miniszterelnöki Hivatal médiaszabályozásért felelős politikai főtanácsadója.
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MIKLÓS SÜKÖSD
is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, and Academic Director of the Center for Media and Communication Studies at Central European University in Budapest. (B.A./M.A. in Sociology and Cultural Studies, Institute of Sociology, Eötvös Lóránd University, 1985; M.A. in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 1994; Ph.D. in Political Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1992.)
His research, teaching and consultancy concerns political communication, media policy, and environmental politics, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2005, he was elected Chair of COST Action 30, a network of 70 European media researchers from 27 countries in a project supported by the European Science Foundation between 2005-2009. The project, entitled "East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern European Research Agenda" focuses on media politics and democratization in Europe (http://www.cmcs.ceu.hu:8080/cmcs/a30cost/).
Miklós has received several international research grants and fellowships, including the Fulbright Fellowship (Columbia University), the Japan Foundation Fellowship (Tokyo University and the United Nations University), and the ACLS/CEU (American Council of Learned Society and Central European University) Research Scholarship (Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.).
He has published 18 academic books, and many book chapters and research articles, including, in English, Anarchism in Hungary: Theory, History, Legacies (with András Bozóki, Boulder, Colorado: Social Science Monographs, 2006); Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East Central Europe (co-edited with P. Bajomi-Lázár, Budapest: Central European University Press, 2003); "Who is in Control? Viral Politics and Control Crisis in Mobile Election Campaigns" (with E. Dányi) in K. Nyíri (ed.) Mobile Democracy (Vienna: Passagen Verlag, 2003); "M-Politics in the Making: SMS and E-Mail in the 2002 Hungarian Election Campaign" (with E. Dányi) in K. Nyíri (ed.) Mobile Communication: Essays on Cognition and Community (Vienna: Passagen Verlag, 2003); "Democratization, Nationalism and Eco-Politics: The Slovak-Hungarian Conflict Over the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam System on the Danube" in E. Petzold-Bradley et al. (eds.) Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice. (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001); "Democratic Transformation and the Mass Media in Hungary: from Stalinism to Democratic Consolidation in Hungary" in R. Gunther and A. Moughan (eds.), Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
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 ANDREW TAUSSIG
Andrew Taussig, got his M.A. in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford and his Ph.D. in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University [under the supervision of Professors Stanley Hoffman, Jo Nye and Henry Kissinger]
He worked at the BBC in Television News & Current Affairs, and was involved in drafting the BBC's first editorial and production guidelines for BBC journalists. Later he worked in the BBC World Service where he was Head of Central European Service (for Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Finland) and then Controller of European Services during the last years of the Cold War and the transition from communism to pluralist democracy. He was Director of all Foreign Language Radio Services from1996-2000.
He has been a Council Member at Chatham House, London's Royal Institute for International Affairs and a Research Associate with Oxford University Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy [PCMLP].
Andrew is a Trustee/Director of Voice of the Listener & Viewer [VLV], a leading advocate body for public service broadcasting in the U.K. and beyond, and a Trustee of the London-based International Institute of Communications.
He is on the International Academic Advisory Committee for AMIC [the Singapore-based Asia Media, Information and Communication Centre] and has contributed articles for AMIC and other bodies, the latest being
"Public Service Broadcasting: Theory and Reality - The Measurement Challenge".
Other articles include:
- Lobbying for Quality Broadcasting [Commonwealth Broadcaster 2001]
- Legislators, Civil Society and Media Accountability [Media Watch Journal, Slovenia issue 23-24, 2005]
- Alternative News Online [in Media Asia, Vol 31.no.2 2004]
- Book Reviews in Intermedia [Journal of the International Institute of Communications] incl.
"The Global and the National: Media and Communication in Post- Soviet Russia" by Terhi Rantanen, [Rowman & Littlefield]
"Broadcasting Freedom" [about Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty] by Arch Puddington,[Univ. of Kentucky]
"Telecommunications Regulation Handbook" McCarthy-Tetrault, Toronto
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 KLAUS UNTERBERGER
1. Personal Details:
Name: Dr. Klaus Unterberger
e-mail: k.unterberger@aon.at;
klaus.unterberger@orf.at
Telephone: +43-664-8178105
Tel. Office: +43-1-87878-14741
Date of birth: 16-02-1962
Nationality: Austria
2. Education:
1982 - 1990 University of Vienna, Institut für Staats- und Politikwissenschaft
3. Employment:
Television:
1982 to date Reporter/Journalist/Producer/Presenter
ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
1990 Konrad Lorenz National Award
1998 - 2001: Founder and CFO of tgg communications / US corporation Burlingame/CA
Producer and Director of video and media campaigns;
Clients: The Business Enterprise Trust, United Nations/ IAEO, The Austrian-American Foundation;
University:
1988 - 1992 Scientific Research at the Institute for Political Science University of Vienna,
1995 to date Lecturer at the Institute for Political Science University of Vienna
Other Information:
2004 Founder Mediaplatform "der FreiRaum"
(www.derfreiraum.net)
2006 sos-orf.at (NGO)
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PROFESSOR VINCENT PORTER
Vincent is President of the European Alliance for Listeners' and Viewers' Associations (EURALVA), an alliance of national groups which advances the rights of citizens to audiovisual media which serve the needs of citizenship. (www.euralva.org.uk) Formerly a Director of Voice of the Listener and Viewer Ltd. (VLV), the UK branch of EURALVA, Vincent was also invited by the European Commission to be a member of its Focus Group on Commercial Communications, which it established as part of its review of the Television without Frontiers Directive.
Vincent is Emeritus Professor of Mass Communications at the University of Westminster, where he was Director of Research in Media, Art and Design from 2001 to 2004; and a Visiting Professor at the University of Portsmouth, where he works with the Film and Media Research Group.
Vincent has authored, or co-authored, a number of books on aspects of broadcasting and cinema in Europe. These include:
British Cinema in the 1950s. The Decline of Deference (Oxford University Press, 2003) (with Professor Sue Harper);
Environmental Change. Communicating the Issues (International Institute of Communications, 2003) (with Martin Sims);
Copyright and Information. Limits to the Protection of Literary and Pseudo-Literary Works in the Member States of the EC (Commission of the European Communities, 1992)
Beyond the Berne Convention. Copyright, Broadcasting and the Single European Market (John Libbey, 1991);
Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace. The Regulation of German Broadcasting (Routledge, 1991) (with Suzanne Hasselbach); and
WDR and the Arbeiterfilm: Fassbinder, Ziewer and others (British Film Institute, 1981) (with Richard Collins).
Vincent's latest publication is Walter C. Mycroft: The Time of My Life. The Memoirs of a British Film Producer (Scarecrow Press, 2006); which he introduced, edited and annotated.
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