BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLES; PREFACE; ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION; 1 EUROPEAN CULTURE AND IDENTITY; 2 THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION; 3 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING; 4 EURIKON: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAN-EUROPEAN TELEVISION; 5 EURIKON PROGRAMMING; 6 FROM EURIKON TO EUROPA; 7 EUROPA: THE CASTLE IN THE AIR; 8 EUROSPORT AND EURONEWS; 9 THE LANGUAGE FACTOR; 10 THE AUDIENCE FOR PAN-EUROPEAN TELEVISION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX I Why Eurikon and why not? Speculations on motives; APPENDIX II Pan-European institutions1; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
This book explores television's role in fostering European cultural identity and the extent to which European public service broadcasters were able to meet the challenges posed by the introduction of new communication technologies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-285) and index
