By looking at a range of different European Public Television (PTV) broadcasters, this bookinvestigates the challenges that these broadcasters encounter in a competitive digital broadcasting environment and reveals the different policies and strategies that they are adopting in order to remain accountable, competitive and efficient."
By looking at a range of different European Public Television (PTV) broadcasters, this bookinvestigates the challenges that these broadcasters encount...
The past few decades have witnessed profound changes in the structure, content, technology, regulation, and cultural forms of European television industries. Television in Europe operates in an increasingly globalized communications market characterized by commercialization, fragmentation, and transnational ownership. While these changes offer vast opportunities to both organizations and consumer-citizens in terms of access and choice, they also bring about uncertainties about the future shape of the medium. How will television be funded in the future? Will public broadcasting survive in the...
The past few decades have witnessed profound changes in the structure, content, technology, regulation, and cultural forms of European television indu...
These essays address one of the most challenging debates in contemporary European media studies: the transition of the traditional Public Service Broadcasters into Public Service Media, as they widen their remit to produce and distribute public service content across more delivery platforms to meet the requirements of the digital age.
These essays address one of the most challenging debates in contemporary European media studies: the transition of the traditional Public Service Broa...
Petros Iosifidis addresses an increasingly prominent subject area in the field of media and communications, and one that has attracted increased attention in areas such as sociology, economics, political science and law: global media policy and regulation. Specifically, he considers the wider social, political, economic and technological changes arising from the globalization of the communications industries and assesses their impact on matters of regulation and policy. By focusing on the convergence of the communication and media industries, he makes reference to the paradigmatic shift from...
Petros Iosifidis addresses an increasingly prominent subject area in the field of media and communications, and one that has attracted increased atten...
Conventional wisdom views globalization as a process that heralds the diminishing role or even 'death' of the state and the rise of transnational media and transnational consumption, that defy state control or regulation. This book questions these assumptions and shows that the nation-state never left and is still a force to be reckoned with.
Conventional wisdom views globalization as a process that heralds the diminishing role or even 'death' of the state and the rise of transnational m...
Social media is said to radically change the way in which public communication takes place: information diffuses faster and can reach a large number of people, but what makes the process so novel is that online networks can empower people to compete with traditional broadcasters or public figures.
Social media is said to radically change the way in which public communication takes place: information diffuses faster and can reach a large number o...