From Satellite to Single Market

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.

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

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;