International Journal of Communications Law and Policy

Sports Rights and Broadcast Listed Events University of Warwick, December 11, 1998

The Conference is organised by the ESRC European Media Regulation Seminar Group in association with the Centre for the Study of Sport in Society.

Provisional Programme:

10.00-10.30 Registration and Coffee
10.30 Chair's Welcome: Lincoln Allison, Director, Centre for the Study of Sport in Society
10.40 Session 1: Defining Listed Events
10.45 "Economic Analysis of Listed Events": Campbell Cowie, Senior Economic Consultant, Law and Economics Consulting Group Ltd
11.25 "European Law and Listed Events: Jeux sans Frontiers?": Christopher T. Marsden, Warwick University School of Law
12.10 Discussion
12.30-2.00 Lunch
2.00 Session 2: International Sports Rights
2.05 "Sports Rights in a US Context": Jonathon Levy, Federal Communications Commission
2.35 "Listed Events: Methodology and Public Policy": Harry Reeves, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, UK
3.05 "Public Service and Listed Events": Speaker, European Policy and Planning, BBC
3.35 Discussion
4.00-4.30 Coffee
4.30 Supersession: Developments in Listed Events Roundtable with speakers, industry and consumer participants - Speaker: David Elstein, Chief Executive, Channel 5 Broadcasting