new communication technology and European Public Service television /
Richard Collins.
New York :
Routledge,
1998.
1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages)
Routledge research in cultural and media studies
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLES; PREFACE; ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION; 1 EUROPEAN CULTURE AND IDENTITY; 2 THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION; 3 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING; 4 EURIKON: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAN-EUROPEAN TELEVISION; 5 EURIKON PROGRAMMING; 6 FROM EURIKON TO EUROPA; 7 EUROPA: THE CASTLE IN THE AIR; 8 EUROSPORT AND EURONEWS; 9 THE LANGUAGE FACTOR; 10 THE AUDIENCE FOR PAN-EUROPEAN TELEVISION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX I Why Eurikon and why not? Speculations on motives; APPENDIX II Pan-European institutions1; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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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.
MIL
15781
From satellite to single market.
Direct broadcast satellite television-- European Union countries-- History.
Public television-- European Union countries-- History.