Speaking at a recent CASBAA seminar in India, a European legal expert and former international affairs chief at the UK Competition Authority, outlined differences in European and Indian approaches to regulation in the pay-TV industry. Andrea Appella, now Director of Legal, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at News Corp in London, advised Indian regulators to adopt a lighter touch, avoiding “ex ante” regulation except where there was demonstrable market dysfunctionality that could not be cured by recourse to standard competition law. To read Mr. Appella’s full presentation click here.