Countries adopt different rules or laws to regulate their media industries. The state of media development in a country is influenced by the quality of regulations that have been implemented. The media industry is governed by a number of laws and rules that are enforced by the regulatory authority and other competent authorities. Such rules or laws may include quotas for domestically originated programming, or rules and laws on ownership and cross-media ownership. Channel reach, audience share, market share or the absolute number of media outlets owned by a single media organization are among the criteria used to set the limits of ownership. In some countries, a media organization that already owns a national newspaper title may not be allowed to own a radio or television channel in the same market. These elements suggest that one aspect of evaluation of the media development landscape is evaluating the effect of specific regulations on the media industry. Information collected by the UIS broadcast, newspaper and regulatory framework questionnaires, and the associated indicators outlined in this report, promise to achieve much in this regard.