From Satellite to Single Market: New Communication Technology and European Public Service Television

by Richard Collins

Overview

Richard Collins explores public service television's role in fostering pan-European cultural identity. Based on extensive primary research, interviews with participants and analysis of key European programmes, this book documents the growth of the public service satellite television network which was backed by the European Union, and its eventual alliance with Rupert Murdoch's commercial Sky network.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415179706
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/24/1998
Series:	Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
Edition description:	1998th ed.
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Collins is Head of Education at the British Film Institute. From 1993 to 1997 he was Research Director of the Media and Communication programme at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). He has taught media and communications at universities in the UK and overseas since the early seventies and latterly at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 European Culture and Identity; Chapter 2 The European Broadcasting Union; Chapter 3 Public Service Broadcasting; Chapter 4 Eurikon; Chapter 5 Eurikon Programming; Chapter 6 From Eurikon to Europa; Chapter 7 Europa; Chapter 8 Eurosport and Euronews; Chapter 9 The Language Factor; Chapter 10 The Audience for Pan-European Television;

Editorial Reviews

'A comprehensive and impressive account of the ill-fated endeavours to establish a pan-European broadcaster ' - David Ward, University of Westminster

'Collins has written a timely and important book, which is the result of over a decade reviewing satellite and European audio-visual policy' - David Ward, University of Westminster, Media, Culture and Society

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