Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain

Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain

Author: Michael Scriven

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781571817549

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This is the first study devoted to the highly significant roles played by France and Britain in the formulation of European audiovisual policy, providing a truly comparative analysis of the contemporary audiovisual scene in the two countries.


Group Identities on French and British Television

Group Identities on French and British Television

Author: Michael Scriven

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781571817938

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Advances in audiovisual technology, most notably the advent of the popular usage of digital technology in the last few years, have altered the face of popular television. Thanks to cable, satellite and now digital technology, television broadcasts can reach an international audience. The reaction from cultural critics has been mixed. As the debate concerning the effects of new telecommunications and audiovisual technology continues unabated, this book examines the underlying hypothesis that collective allegiances are moving away from the national paradigm towards the global/local model and provides a balanced appraisal of the depiction of a select number of group identities on television in Britain and France.


Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain

Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain

Author: Michael Scriven

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9781571819468

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This is the first study devoted to the highly significant roles played by France and Britain in the formulation of European audiovisual policy, providing a truly comparative analysis of the contemporary audiovisual scene in the two countries.


The Television History Book

The Television History Book

Author: Michele Hilmes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-03-11

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1839024674

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Traces the history of broadcasting and the infludence developments in broadcasting have had over our social, cultural and economic practices. Examining the broadcasting traditions of the UK and USA, 'The Television History Book' make connections between events and tendencies that both unite and differentiate these national broadcasting traditions.


Imagining the popular in contemporary French culture

Imagining the popular in contemporary French culture

Author: Diana Holmes

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1526130262

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This groundbreaking book is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term’s shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested. It represents the first theoretically informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But it also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of ‘culture’ in France. Deploying yet also rethinking a ‘Cultural Studies’ approach to the popular, the book therefore challenges dominant views of what French culture really means today.


The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture

Author: Nicholas Hewitt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-11

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1107494478

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France entered the twentieth century as a powerful European and colonial nation. In the course of the century, her role changed dramatically: in the first fifty years two World Wars and economic decline removed its status as a world power, whilst the immediate post-war era was marked by wars of independence in its colonies. Yet at the same time, in the second half of the century, France entered a period of unprecedented growth and social transformation. Throughout the century and into the new millennium France retained its former international reputation as a centre for cultural excellence and innovation and its culture, together with that of the Francophone world, reflected the increased richness and diversity of the period. This 2003 Companion explores this vibrant culture, and includes chapters on history, language, literature, thought, theatre, architecture, visual culture, film and music, and discuss the contributions of popular culture, Francophone culture, minorities and women.


Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998

Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998

Author: Laura Mayne

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2024-04-30

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1474437303

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This monograph offers the first ever comprehensive study of Channel 4's film production, distribution and broadcasting activities and represents a significant contribution to British cinema and television history. The importance of Channel 4 to the British film industry over the last 40 years cannot be overstated. The birth of the Channel in 1982 heralded a convergence between the UK film and television sectors which was particularly notable given that the two industries had historically been at loggerheads. In addition to its role as a broadcaster and curator of feature film programming, since its inception Channel 4 has funded or co-funded hundreds of feature films through its film commissioning arm, Film4. The Channel's commitment to financing between 15-20 films per year helped form the backbone of the ailing film sector throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, while Film4 funding has also been instrumental to the success of many companies which have become vital to the British film industry.


Encyclopedia of Television

Encyclopedia of Television

Author: Horace Newcomb

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-03

Total Pages: 2730

ISBN-13: 1135194726

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The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.


Public Service Broadcasting Online

Public Service Broadcasting Online

Author: B. Brevini

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-09-27

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1137295104

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This book investigates the extent to which a Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) ethos has been extended to the online world in Europe. It examines the most significant policy initiatives carried out by PSBs in Europe on online platforms, and analyzes how the public service philosophy is being reinvented by policy makers.


Historical Dictionary of France

Historical Dictionary of France

Author: Gino Raymond

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2008-10-23

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 0810862565

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From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to NapolZon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest and most memorable events in human history. Author Gino Raymond relates the history of these events in the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of France. Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on kings, politicians, authors, architects, composers, artists, and philosophers, a thorough history of France is presented.