Full Description
As logical as the existence and role of Public Service Broadcasters seemed to be in the era of broadcasting monopolies, it is equally natural today to question public involvement in the media. Is there still a need for public broadcasters? What are their cultural obligations, political role and remit in the dual European media market? Which changes will new media, the internet, and digital technology bring, and what impact will they have on the media market? Do the public media really make a difference, or are they dinosaurs threatened with extinction in the new and unfamiliar media landscape of modern Europe?
Contents
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
