Radio and Television Broadcasting on the European Continent

Burton Paulu

U of Minnesota Press, Oct 30, 1967 - History - 306 pages

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In this book Dr. Paulu provides a comprehensive survey based on firsthand study of the development and current status of radio and television broadcasting in continental Europe. He discusses the technical, organizational, financial, and programming aspects of European broadcasting in both Communist and Western countries. The material is organized, not on a country-by-country basis, but as it relates to broad basic issues, and it is presented in a framework of such interrelated factors as geography, history politics, international relations, religious traditions, language, national economic standards, and cultural and social life. The broadcasting systems studied include those of the Soviet Union and other Communist countries, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The account is particularly timely in view of the concern and discussion about the future course of broadcasting in the United States. It has relevance not only for communications specialists but for political scientists and other scholars in the social sciences as well as for the growing public which is interested in the improvement of American broadcasting.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 3
• THE FACILITIES FOR CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING: 9
• LEGAL BASIS FOR THE ITU 9 WORK: 33
• TELEVISION STATIONS 37 SATELLITES: 43
• List of Tables: 68
• The Two Basic Theories 48 StateOperated Services 52 The USSR: 85
• License Fees for Radio and Television Receivers 90 Revenue from Adver: 105
• Operating Expenses: 112
• Swedish Broadcasting Income: 113
• Program Objectives 119 Europes Stations and Networks 123 Program: 162
• INSCHOOL PROGRAMS 163 OUTOFSCHOOL BROADCASTS FOR CHILDREN 172: 172
• INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS 176 Agricultural Programs 184: 186
• Number of Radio Licenses and Radio Licenses per Hundred: 227

About the author

Burton Paulu was professor and director, emeritus, of University Media Resources at the University of Minnesota. He was president of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, and won various awards that enabled him to study broadcasting in the United Kingdom and in Eastern as well as Western Europe. In the fall of 1980 he served as a Fulbright Hays Scholar, lecturing on British and American broadcasting in the Faculty of Journalism at the Moscow State University. Paulu is the author of British Broadcasting: Radio and Television in the United Kingdom, British Broadcasting in Transition, Radio and Television Broadcasting on the European Continent, and Radio and Television Broadcasting in Eastern Europe, all published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Radio and Television Broadcasting on the European Continent
• Author: Burton Paulu
• Publisher: U of Minnesota Press, 1967
• ISBN: 0816660468, 9780816660469
• Length: 306 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / General; Performing Arts / Radio / General; Performing Arts / Television / General