This work is about communication rights and its main focus is on television broadcast regulation.It assumes that the manifestation of the rights and guaranties of chapter V of the Brazilian Constitution demands the participation of regulatory agencies, and in this work is shown bases for it application in the norms, doctrine and theories. This work makes a brief history of the television broadcasting in Brazil, and also talks about its legal forms and norms. In order to demonstrate the democratic nature of broadcast regulationis shown a list of some communication regulation agencies and policies around the world.Complementing this research was made a bibliography on the political aspects of communication, with authors such as Manuel Castells, John B. Thompson, Franco Berardi, Antonio Negri e Michael Hardt.