Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
PSB 3.0: Reinventing European PSB....Pages 9-22
Pluralism and Funding of Public Service Broadcasting across Europe....Pages 23-35
EU Broadcasting Governance and PSB: Between a Rock and a Hard Place....Pages 36-48
The European Union’s Competition Directorate: State Aids and Public Service Broadcasting....Pages 49-62
PSB and the European Public Sphere....Pages 63-75
Civic Engagement and Elite Decision-Making in Europe: Reconfiguring Public Service News....Pages 76-87
For Culture and Democracy: Political Claims for Cosmopolitan Public Service Media....Pages 88-100
Public Broadcasters and Transnational Television: Coming to Terms with the New Media Order....Pages 101-113
Public Service Media and Children: Serving the Digital Citizens of the Future....Pages 114-127
Heritage Brand Management in Public Service Broadcasting....Pages 128-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
The BBC and UK Public Service Broadcasting....Pages 145-157
France: Presidential Assault on the Public Service....Pages 158-170
Public Service Broadcasting in Germany: Stumbling Blocks on the Digital Highway....Pages 171-182
Public Service Communication in Italy: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 183-196
Spanish Public Service Media on the Verge of a New Era....Pages 197-208
Squeezed and Uneasy: PSM in Small States — Limited Media Governance Options in Austria and Switzerland....Pages 209-221
The ‘state’ of ‘Public’ Broadcasting in Greece....Pages 222-232
Public Service Broadcasting in Poland: Between Politics and Market....Pages 233-244
From ‘state Broadcasting’ to ‘Public Service Media’ in Hungary....Pages 245-257
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Future Directions for US Public Service Media....Pages 258-272
Identity Housekeeping in Canadian Public Service Media....Pages 273-286
Public Service Media in Australia: Governing Diversity....Pages 287-297
New Zealand on Air, Public Service Television and TV Drama....Pages 298-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-326