A Future For Public Service Television

Author : Des Freedman,Vana Goblot
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781906897710

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A Future for Public Service Television by Des Freedman,Vana Goblot Pdf

A guide to the nature, purpose, and place of public service television within a multi-platform, multichannel ecology. Television is on the verge of both decline and rebirth. Vast technological change has brought about financial uncertainty as well as new creative possibilities for producers, distributors, and viewers. This volume from Goldsmiths Press examines not only the unexpected resilience of TV as cultural pastime and aesthetic practice but also the prospects for public service television in a digital, multichannel ecology. The proliferation of platforms from Amazon and Netflix to YouTube and the vlogosphere means intense competition for audiences traditionally dominated by legacy broadcasters. Public service broadcasters—whether the BBC, the German ARD, or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation—are particularly vulnerable to this volatility. Born in the more stable political and cultural conditions of the twentieth century, they face a range of pressures on their revenue, their remits, and indeed their very futures. This book reflects on the issues raised in Lord Puttnam's 2016 Public Service TV Inquiry Report, with contributions from leading broadcasters, academics, and regulators. With resonance for students, professionals, and consumers with a stake in British media, it serves both as historical record and as a look at the future of television in an on-demand age. Contributors include Tess Alps, Patrick Barwise, James Bennett, Georgie Born, Natasha Cox, Gunn Enli, Des Freedman, Vana Goblot, David Hendy, Jennifer Holt, Amanda D. Lotz, Sarita Malik, Matthew Powers, Lord Puttnam, Trine Syvertsen, Jon Thoday, Mark Thompson

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Digital television
ISBN : OCLC:1110287840

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Author : Mary Debrett
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : PERFORMING ARTS
ISBN : 1841503215

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Reinventing Public Service Television for the Digital Future by Mary Debrett Pdf

Once regarded as a system in decline, public service broadcasters have acquired renewed legitimacy in the digital environment, as drivers of digital take-up, innovators and trusted brands. Exploring this remarkable transformation through six case studies, Reinventing Public Service Television for the Digital Future engages with the new opportunities and challenges facing public service media, outlining the ways in which interactive technologies are now expanding the delivery of diverse goals and enhancing public accountability. Drawing on fifty interviews with media industry and academic specialists from four countries, Debrett analyses the constraints and possibilities of the public service system and its prospects for continued survival in the age of on-demand media. --Book Jacket.

Author : Des Freedman,Vana Goblot
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781906897819

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A Future for Public Service Television by Des Freedman,Vana Goblot Pdf

A guide to the nature, purpose, and place of public service television within a multi-platform, multichannel ecology. Television is on the verge of both decline and rebirth. Vast technological change has brought about financial uncertainty as well as new creative possibilities for producers, distributors, and viewers. This volume from Goldsmiths Press examines not only the unexpected resilience of TV as cultural pastime and aesthetic practice but also the prospects for public service television in a digital, multichannel ecology. The proliferation of platforms from Amazon and Netflix to YouTube and the vlogosphere means intense competition for audiences traditionally dominated by legacy broadcasters. Public service broadcasters—whether the BBC, the German ARD, or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation—are particularly vulnerable to this volatility. Born in the more stable political and cultural conditions of the twentieth century, they face a range of pressures on their revenue, their remits, and indeed their very futures. This book reflects on the issues raised in Lord Puttnam's 2016 Public Service TV Inquiry Report, with contributions from leading broadcasters, academics, and regulators. With resonance for students, professionals, and consumers with a stake in British media, it serves both as historical record and as a look at the future of television in an on-demand age. Contributors include Tess Alps, Patrick Barwise, James Bennett, Georgie Born, Natasha Cox, Gunn Enli, Des Freedman, Vana Goblot, David Hendy, Jennifer Holt, Amanda D. Lotz, Sarita Malik, Matthew Powers, Lord Puttnam, Trine Syvertsen, Jon Thoday, Mark Thompson

Author : Monroe Edwin Price,Marc Raboy
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041122124

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Public Service Broadcasting in Transition by Monroe Edwin Price,Marc Raboy Pdf

Few will deny that public service broadcasting?broadcasting that is controlled neither by the state nor by private media corporations?is an essential ingredient in modern democracy. But, as a number of initiatives in transition economies have shown, the inception and development of a strong public broadcasting system is a Herculean task that is easily sidetracked by politics or ideology, or stalled by lack of funding. Especially when state budgets are stretched, the expense is hard to justify. This collection of documents, comments, and cases brings all the major issues in public service broadcasting policy into focus and sets the problems to be addressed in sharp relief. It draws on white papers from NGOs and broadcasters, legislation from a wide range of countries (and a model law), accounts of public broadcasting efforts in transition states, analyses of evolving policy in established systems, government regulatory guidelines, and a great deal more. Among the matters touched upon are the following: the principles of public service broadcasting and their cultural and economic justification; limiting state interference; the place of public broadcasting in a multi-channel, ?market-driven? world; the appropriate mix of public and private revenues; objectivity and impartiality in broadcasting; how institutional structures can shape programming strategies; the use of competition law to adjust relations between public and private broadcasting; EU accession standards for public service broadcasting; and the impact of digital broadcasting. Broadcast professionals, students and teachers in communications and related fields, government officials interested in strengthening public service broadcasting and keeping pace with rapid developments?all will benefit enormously from this thoughtful and informative book. It will allow them to think well beyond the standard formulae about the function of public service broadcasting and its role in society.

Author : Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting
Publisher : New York : Bantam Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005304162

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A Public Trust by Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting Pdf

Author : Michael P. McCauley,B. Lee Artz,DeeDee Halleck,Paul E Peterson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315290676

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Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest by Michael P. McCauley,B. Lee Artz,DeeDee Halleck,Paul E Peterson Pdf

As federal funding for public broadcasting wanes and support from corporations and an elite group of viewers and listeners rises, public broadcasting's role as vox populi has come under threat. With contributions from key scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, this volume examines the crisis facing public broadcasting today by analyzing the institution's development, its presentday operations, and its prospects for the future. Covering everything from globalization and the rise of the Internet, to key issues such as race and class, to specific subjects such as advertising, public access, and grassroots radio, Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest provides a fresh and original look at a vital component of our mass media.

Author : Machiel Van Dijk,Richard Nahuis,Daniel Waagmeester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Public television
ISBN : IND:30000101950503

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Does Public Service Broadcasting Serve the Public? by Machiel Van Dijk,Richard Nahuis,Daniel Waagmeester Pdf

This discussion paper analyses how technological trends affect the economic rationale for Public Service Broadcasting in Europe. Eight possible market failures from the specific economic characteristics of information are derived. The conclusion is that the public service broadcasting for the digital age should be light in the sense that it has a much smaller mandate.

Author : Agnes Gulyás,Ferenc Hammer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781443863575

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Public Service Media in the Digital Age by Agnes Gulyás,Ferenc Hammer Pdf

Public service media are going through dramatic transformations as a result of technological developments, policy changes, market pressures and changes in media consumption. A significant part of this transformation is connected to the enhanced and novel roles of audience initiative to use and generate content. The scale and significance of the changes are still contested and the future of the provisions remains unclear. This book synthesises current debates on public service media and provides analysis of the key issues from an international perspective. It brings together leading researchers in the field and offers case studies from different countries. The book explores two main areas: legacy public service broadcasters in the digital age and new forms of public service media. Chapters in this collection address such fundamental questions about the future of public service media as: are the public ready to take on genuinely participatory roles? Do public service media organisations and professionals seriously consider shifting to a radically more demand-oriented production? How would changes in public service media impact political discourses and landscapes?

Author : P. Iosifidis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230277113

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Reinventing Public Service Communication by P. Iosifidis Pdf

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.

Author : Paul Seabright,Jürgen von Hagen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139464932

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The Economic Regulation of Broadcasting Markets by Paul Seabright,Jürgen von Hagen Pdf

New technology is revolutionizing broadcasting markets. As the cost of bandwidth processing and delivery fall, information-intensive services that once bore little economic relationship to each other are now increasingly related as substitutes or complements. Television, newspapers, telecoms and the internet compete ever more fiercely for audience attention. At the same time, digital encoding makes it possible to charge prices for content that had previously been broadcast for free. This is creating new markets where none existed before. How should public policy respond? Will competition lead to better services, higher quality and more consumer choice - or to a proliferation of low-quality channels? Will it lead to dominance of the market by a few powerful media conglomerates? Using the insights of modern microeconomics, this book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of these and other issues by investigating the power of regulation to shape and control broadcasting markets.

Author : Mendel, Toby
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Broadcasting
ISBN : 9789231042041

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Public service broadcasting by Mendel, Toby Pdf

Author : Gregory Ferrell Lowe,Hilde Van den Bulck,Karen Donders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9187957736

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Public Service Mediain the Networked Society by Gregory Ferrell Lowe,Hilde Van den Bulck,Karen Donders Pdf

The eighth RIPE Reader critically examines the 'networked society" concept in relation to public service media. Although a popular construct in media policy, corporate strategy and academic discourse, the concept is vague and functions as a buzzword and catchphrase. This Reader clarifies and critiques the networked society notion with specific focus on enduring public interest values and performance in media. At issue is whether public service media will be a primary node for civil society services in the post-broadcasting era? Although networked communications offer significant benefits, they also present problems for universal access and service. An individual"s freedom to tap into, activate, build or link with a network is not guaranteed and threats to net neutrality are resurgent. Networks are vulnerable to hacking and geo-blocking, and facilitate clandestine surveillance. This Reader prioritises the public interest in a networked society. The authors examine the role of public media organisations in the robust but often contradictory framework of networked communications. Our departure point is both sceptical and aspirational, both analytical and normative, both forward-looking and historically-grounded. While by no means the last word on the issues treated, this collection provides a timely starting point at least.

Author : David Hogarth
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 077352388X

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Documentary Television in Canada by David Hogarth Pdf

Since the inception of Canadian television in the early 1950s, documentary television, consistently a favourite among viewers, has been misunderstood and often maligned by its critics. More popular, and arguably more innovative, than its cinematic counterpart or than dramatic Canadian television, Canadian documentary television has decisively shaped the form and function of public service television in this country. David Hogarth traces its history back to its roots in radio in the 1930s and 1940s and examines the variety of forms of documentary television that developed in the decades that followed, focusing on newsmagazines, science programs, historical essays, docudramas, and verité investigations. He concludes with a discussion of the recent international success of documentary television as one of Canada's leading cultural exports, examining the effects of globalization and looking forward to the future of this genre. While principally an overview of the last half century and an analysis of current conditions, Documentary Television in Canada also includes detailed analysis of selected programs, such as the For the Record series on schizophrenia, "Warrendale" (by Allan King), "Images of Canada" (by Vincent Tovell), "The Valour and The Horror" episode, "Death by Moonlight" and "Shooting Indians" (by Ali Kazimi) among others.

Author : Michael Tracey,Professor and Director Center for Mass Media Research Michael Tracey, Cat
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0198159250

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The Decline and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting by Michael Tracey,Professor and Director Center for Mass Media Research Michael Tracey, Cat Pdf

The central issue of Michael Tracey's study is that public service broadcasting sadly has a limited future and that this is an indication of a real and deep-seated crisis within liberal democratic systems.