From Satellite to Single Market

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.

• 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;

'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