Table of Contents

Contents: Public service broadcasting as a service of general economic interest – Granted by Member States or through State resources – Definition of and entrustment with public service obligations – Sport events and new media services – Objective and transparent establishment of compensation parameters – Overcompensation in PSB – Well-run undertaking – Efficiency-test – Benchmark comparison and analytical approach – Market price-test.

About the Author

Benjamin Linke acquired law degrees from the Universities of Tübingen (Germany) and Edinburgh (UK). He works as an attorney at law and specializes in public procurement law, State aid law and public commercial law.