RTE and the globalisation of Irish Television / Farrel Corcoran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corcoran, Farrel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public broadcasting--Ireland.

Public broadcasting.

Globalization.

Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Radio Telefis Eireann and the globalisation of Irish Television

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For about 40 years, RTE's radio and television channels have played an enormous role in shaping Irish social and cultural life. As the national publicly owned and funded broadcaster, RTE is the biggest cinema, school, sports stadium, market square, performance stage, town crier and concert hall in Ireland. It sets the agenda for the national conversation that drives modern Ireland. This work is a study of the structural transformations now taking place in Irish broadcasting. The book will focus on the broadcasting section generally, but primarily on RTE, as it adjusts to a number of radical ch

Contents:

PRELIMINARY PAGES; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; RTÉ UNSETTLED; REGULATING IRISH BROADCASTING; BROADCASTING AND GOVERNMENT; THE ECONOMICS OF BROADCASTING; DIGITAL TELEVISION: LOCAL FORCES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT; CHILDREN AND TELEVISION; THE DIFFICULT BIRTH OF IRISH LANGUAGE TELEVISION; GLOBALISATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes list of abbreviations and index.

Includes bibliography.

ISBN:

9786610476831

9781280476839

1280476834

9781841508955

1841508950

OCLC:

476029125