A Future for Public Service Television / edited by Des Freedman and Vana Goblot.

• TeilnehmendeR: Goblot, Vana,; Freedman, Des, 1962-
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Previously issued in print: 2018.

"An edited collection that brings together some of the key documents from Goldsmiths' 2015 major inquiry into the nature, purpose and place of public service television. It includes the final report; a selection of submissions from academics, regulators, broadcasters and civil society groups; transcripts of key events and an evaluation of the inquiry itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

The long revolution / Des Freedman -- Reflection on a future for public service television / Mark Thompson -- Public service television and the crisis of content / Jon Thoday -- TV advertising for all seasons / Tess Alps -- Inventing public service media / Amanda D. Lotz -- Does public service television really give consumers less good value for money than the rest of the market? / Patrick Barwise -- The future of television in the US / Jennifer Holt -- Pressures on public service media: insights from a comparative analysis of twelve democracies / Matthew Powers -- Public service in Europe: five key points / Trine Syvertsen and Gunn Enli -- Diversity: reflection and review / Sarita Malik -- The BBC: a brief future history, 2017-2022 / David Hendy -- Public service algorithms / James Bennett -- Television and public service: a brief history -- Principles of public service for the 21st century / Georgina Born -- The purposes of broadcasting - revisited / Julian Petley -- Back to the future: the uses of television in the digital age / Michael Bailey -- Television, quality of life and the value of culture / David Hesmondhalgh -- Shouting toward each other: economics, ideology, and public service television policy / Robert G. Picard -- Everything for someone: for an inclusive definition of public service broadcasting / Brett Mills -- Debating "distinctiveness": how useful a concept is it in measuring : the value and impact of the BBC? / Peter Goddard -- The BBC: a radical rethink / Justin Schlosberg -- Ensuring the future of public service television for the benefit of -- Citizens -- Voice of the listener & viewer -- The social and cultural purposes of television today -- Equity -- Taking the principles of public service media into the digital ecology / Georgina Born -- Television in a rapidly changing world: content, platforms and channels -- New sources of public service content -- Designing a new model of public service television (PST) / Robin Foster -- Public service broadcasting as a digital commons / Graham Murdock -- "Public service" in a globalized digital landscape / Ingrid Volkmer -- Video-on-demand as public service television / Catherine Johnson -- Do we still need public service television? / Luke Hyams -- Television and diversity -- Public service television in the nations and regions -- Are you being heard? / Lenny Henry -- Skills and training investment vital to the success of public service -- Broadcasting -- Creative skillset -- The media cannot reflect society if society is not reflected in the media -- Creative access -- Does television represent us? / Ken Loach -- Public service television in Wales / Caitriona Noonan and Sian Powell -- Public service broadcasting: a view from Scotland / Robert Beveridge -- Content diversity -- Children and public service broadcasting / Sonia Livingstone and Claire Local -- Public service television and sports rights / Paul Smith and Tom Evens -- Securing the future for arts broadcasting / Caitriona Noonan and Amy Genders -- Public service television and civic engagement / Daniel Jackson -- Tunnel vision: the tendency for BBC economic and business news to follow elite opinion and exclude other credible perspectives / Gary James Merrill -- How to strengthen public service television / Chris Tryhorn -- Recommendations of the Puttnam report -- Afterword / Vana Goblot and Natasha Cox.