Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos <br/><br/>
European television in the digital age :   issues, dynamics and realities / 
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos 
 - Cambridge, UK ;   Malden, MA. USA :   Polity Press in association with Blackwell Publishers,   2002       
 - xix, 295 p. :    ill. ;   23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-274) and index. 
<br/><br/>Figure and Tables<br/>Abbreviations<br/>Acknowledgements<br/>Introduction: European Television in the Digital Age 1<br/>Pt. I Issues 7<br/>1 Effects of Deregulation: An Overview 9<br/>2 Going Digital: The Advent of Digital Television in Europe 33<br/>3 Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age 65<br/>4 Funding of Television in the Age of Digitalization 87<br/>5 Media Concentration in the Age of Digital Television 105<br/>6 Politics in the Television Age 125<br/>Pt. II European Television in the Twenty-first Century 147<br/>7 From the General and National to the Particular and Local 149<br/>8 More News and More News Channels 164<br/>9 More Sports Channels: The Advent of Sports Channels in Europe 188<br/>10 More Music Television Channels: Europe Dances to a New Rhythm 214<br/>11 More Children's Channels: The Fastest Growing Television Market in Europe 227<br/>Conclusions: Television and its Viewers in the Internet Age 244<br/>References 252<br/>Index 275 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745628729 (acid-free paper) 9780745628721 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Teledifusión --Europa<br/>Televisión digital --Europa
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 1992.3  / P213e 2002