{"product_id":"european-television-in-the-digital-age-issues-dynamics-and-realities-9780745628738","title":"European Television in the Digital Age  Issues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEuropean Television in the Digital Age traces the development of digital television and provides a clear, concise account of the dynamics and realities of the changing face of television in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a treasury of information and of carefully set out argument ... For students of the media system, it is invaluable and has no substitute.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEuropean Television in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e provides a well-informed, well-researched and comprehensive overview of the issues and the dynamics that impact on European television systems at the beginning of the 21st Century. By charting the key moments in the development of the television industry in the last century, it provides a sound foundation for understanding the present state of the industry as it faces the challenge of digital television. This book will be essential reading for all those who want to better understand the recent past, the present and the prospects for the future of the television industry in Europe.\" \u003ci\u003eRalph Negrine, Director, Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Stylianos Papathanassopoulos has achieved the near-impossible feat of providing a survey and assessment of issues and developments in West European television that manages to be integrated, inclusive and detailed at the same time. It does justice to the considerable diversity of the European television scene, while highlighting shared circumstances and underlying dynamics. There is presently no more authoritative guide to this complex topic and unlikely to be one for the foreseeable future. It has a story to tell as well as a fund of information to offer.\" \u003ci\u003eDenis McQuail, Department of Politics, University of Southampton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigure and Tables. \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: European Television in the Digital Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Effects of Deregulation: An Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing Digital: The Advent of Digital Television in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Funding of Television in the age of Digitalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedia Concentration in the Age of Digital Television.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics in the Television Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: European Television in the Twenty-first Century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the General and National to the Particular and Local.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore News and More News Channels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Sports Channels: The Advent of Sports Channels in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Music Television Channels: Europe Dances to a New Rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Children’s Channels: The Fastest Growing Television Market in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: Television and its Viewers in the Internet Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404360327511,"sku":"9780745628738","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745628738.jpg?v=1730486218","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-television-in-the-digital-age-issues-dynamics-and-realities-9780745628738","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}