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The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident. Television as the privileged medium for the dissemination of information and for mass entertainment has irreversibly altered the manner in which nations perceive themselves and each other. This volume explores the multiple and complex ways in which audiovisual developments in two important European states have impacted on the life styles and attitudes of the population at large and its governing elites.This is the first study that is devoted to the highly significant roles played by France and Britain in the formulation of European audiovisual policy and that provides a truly comparative analysis of the contemporary audiovisual scene in the two countries. It consists of four complementary sections: an overview of the audiovisual landscapes in Britain and France; an analysis of television programming; an account of the new cable and satellite media, and an assessment of European audiovisual integration. Overall, this volume offers a constructive contribution to the continuing debate on national and European broadcasting.
Michael Scriven is Professor of European Studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and has published extensively in the field of French and European intellectual history, culture, and politics. He is a co-editor of Sartre Studies International.
List of TablesAcknowledgementsEditorial NoteList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I: REGULATORY AND POLITICAL STRUCTURESChapter 1. Television and the StateRaymond Kuhn and James StanyerChapter 2. Independent Regulatory AuthoritiesHervé IsarChapter 3. Two Conflicting Notions of Audiovisual LiberalisationSerge RegourdChapter 4. The Future of Public BroadcastingJean-Claude SergeantPART II: PROGRAMMING STRUCTURESChapter 5. Two Programming ModelsRégine ChaniacChapter 6. Cinema and Television: From Enmity to InterdependenceLucy MazdonChapter 7. Quality, Culture and EducationSusan EmanuelPART III: THE NEW MEDIAChapter 8. Satellite TelevisionPeter GoodwinChapter 9. Cable TelevisionJean-Claude SergeantChapter 10. Beyond Digital TelevisionPatrick Vittet-PhilippePART IV: THE CHALLENGE OF EUROPEChapter 11. Multimedia Multinationals: Canal Plus and ReutersMichael PalmerChapter 12. The Europeanisation of ProgrammingAlex TaylorChapter 13. Broadcasters' Involvement in Cinematographic Co-productionsAnne JäckelChapter 14. The European Union Audiovisual Policies of the U.K. and FranceRichard CollinsSelect BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex