2017 | 11 | History of Private and Commercial Television in Europe
The history of European televisions’ commercialization is interesting and complex. In many European countries, early attempts to launch some form of private television took place on a local, national, or even supra-national basis. The process of television commercialization in Europe didn’t just start during the 1980s. Its implementation happened from the very beginning, and followed very different paths in each country. This issue on the History of Private and Commercial Television in Europe may help deepen our understanding of how the commercialization of television has shaped media culture in Europe. It offers a scholarly view on the history of private and commercial television in Europe, addressing institutional, technological, political, and cultural perspectives, and their entanglement, so as to allow for transnational comparison.
Co-edited by Luca Barra, Christoph Classen, and Sonja De Leeuw
Editorial
S. 1-5
Discoveries
East Meets West: The Cultural History of Television in Bulgaria
S. 6-21
A Slippery Slope: The Rise and Fall of the Domestic Soap Opera in Italian Public and Commercial Television
S. 22-32
Canal + Spain and Live Football Broadcasts: A Whole Different Game
S. 33-40
TV Commercials' Second Life: Commercials as Remembrance Culture in the Netherlands
S. 41-52
‘Remember, it’s Just Television’: Rubicon TV and the Commercialisation of Norwegian Television
S. 53-69
Explorations
“The Growing Practice of Calling in Continental Film Groups”: The European Influence on Production of Early British TV Advertising
S. 70-80
Russia’s STS Television Network: A Cultural Window to the West
S. 81-92
I Want My MTV, We Want Our TMF: The Music Factory, MTV Europe, and Music Television in the Netherlands, 1995-2011
S. 93-101
From PSB to Privatisation: Structures and Vulnerabilities of the Greek-Cypriot Broadcasting Sector
S. 102-112
The Winding Road on the Media Landscape: The Establishment of Estonian (Television) Broadcasting between 1992 and 2016
S. 113-123