European Television History

Jonathan Bignell is Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading (UK). Andreas Fickers is Assistant Professor for Television History at the University of Utrecht (NL).

"The approaches of this book...should become part of the preparation of anyone teaching about television." (Communication Research Trends, 2009) "A European Television History brings together television historians and media scholars to chart the development of television in Europe since its inception. The volume interrogates the history of the medium in divergent political, economic, cultural and ideological national contexts." (Viewfinder, March 2009)

• List of Contributors viiAcknowledgements ix1 Introduction: Comparative European Perspectives on Television History 1Jonathan Bignell and Andreas Fickers2 Early TV: Imagining and Realising Television 55Knut Hickethier3 Institutionalising European Television: The Shaping of European Television Institutions and Infrastructures 79Christina Adamou, with Isabelle Gaillard and Dana Mustata4 Searching for an Identity for Television: Programmes, Genres, Formats 101Jérôme Bourdon, with Juan Carlos Ibáñez, Catherine Johnson and Eggo Müller5 TV Nations or Global Medium? European Television Between National Institution and Window on the World 127Sonja de Leeuw, with Alexander Dhoest, Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano, François Heinderyckx, Anu Koivunen and Jamie Medhurst6 American Television: Point of Reference or European Nightmare? 154Ib Bondebjerg, with Tomasz Goban-Klas, Michele Hilmes, Dana Mustata, Helle Strandgaard-Jensen, Isabelle Veyrat-Masson and Susanne Vollberg7 European Television Events and Euro-visions: Tensions between the Ordinary and the Extraordinary 184Rob Turnock, with Alexander Hecht, Dana Mustata, Mari Pajala and Alison Preston8 European Television Audiences: Localising the Viewers 215Mats Björkin, with Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano9 Conclusion: Reflections on Doing European Television History 229Andreas Fickers and Jonathan Bignell10 European Television Archives and the Search for Audiovisual Sources 257Andy O’DwyerIndex 264