Making a Difference

Christian S. Nissen was Director General of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) from 1994 to 2004 and chairman of the EBU, Digital Strategy Group. He is author/editor of articles and books on international politics, public administration, and media.

• Preface by Vaclav Havel1. The European audiovisual industry at the verge of convergence, by Andre Lange; 2. Public media in service of civil society and democracy, by Slavko Splichal; 3. If not us, then who? Public service broadcasting and culture in the 21st century, by Karol Jakubowicz; 4. Can the market provide? Public service media, market failure and public goods, by David Ward; 5. No public service without both Public and Service - Content provision between the Scylla of populism and the Charybdis of elitism, by Christian S. Nissen; 6. Empowering the people: public media provides new means in education, by Claudio Cappon; 7. Public service media: all things to all people - on all platforms, anytime?, by Peter Looms; 8. On-demand in demand: Public service broadcasters, new services and copyright, by Damian Tambini; 9. Editorial autonomy and public control - the debate over reform, by Carmen Caffarel and Mario Garcia de Castro; 10. Back to the future in New Zealand: Can a "third way" compromise reinvigorate public service broadcasting?, by Margie Comrie and Susan Fountaine; 11. Public service broadcasting and the European Union. From "Amsterdam" to Altmark": The discussion on EU state aid regulation, by Thomas Kleist and Alexander Scheuer; 12. Financing public media: The future of collective funding, by Robert G. Picard; 13. Public service - beyond the obsession with technology and the markets, by Dominique Wolton