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From Satellite to Single Market »

Authors: Richard Collins
ISBN-13: 9780415179706, ISBN-10: 041517970X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: September 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Richard Collins

Book Synopsis

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.

	List of tables
	Preface
	List of acronyms
	Introduction	1
1	European culture and identity	14
2	The European Broadcasting Union	33
3	Public service broadcasting	51
4	Eurikon: the development of pan-European television	75
5	Eurikon programming	91
6	From Eurikon to Europa	116
7	Europa: the castle in the air	139
8	Eurosport and Euronews	156
9	The language factor	174
10	The audience for pan-European television	188
	Conclusion	206
Appendix I	Why Eurikon and why not? Speculations on motives	221
Appendix II	Pan-European institutions	228
	Notes	238
	Bibliography	273
	Index	286