P. Bonner, L. Aston

Independent Television in Britain (eBook, PDF)

Volume 6 New Developments in Independent Television 1981-92: Channel 4, TV-am, Cable and Satellite

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Success out of near disaster, finances taken to the edge of bankruptcy, resignations - this volume tells the dramatic stories of the major new commercial television developments in Britain between 1981-92. This is an authoritative account, from the people involved and from official documents, of the launches and first ten years of Channel 4 and TV-am, the expansion of cable television and early difficulties of satellite broadcasting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 483
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230287136
• Artikelnr.: 45963745

Autorenporträt

PAUL BONNER worked in broadcasting for 40 years. He was at ITV for seven years - first as Director of the Programming Secretariat (Chairman of the Network Controllers Group) from 1987-1992, and then as a director at the new ITV Network Centre from 1993 until he retired two years later. Previously, he had been selected to be Channel Four's first Controller of Programmes. He held that post for the first seven years of the Channel's existence. Before that he had worked for the BBC in radio and television for 25 years. He spent ten of those years as a documentary maker. That was followed by a period in charge of the BBC's controversial public-access programmes. Paul Bonner's final role at the BBC was as head of its Science and Features Department. LESLEY ASTON was Press Officer at the IBA/ITC from 1983-1994, with a special interest in research. She was seconded to the Director General's Office from 1989-1990 to work on the Broadcasting Bill. Previously, she was in the industries section of the Economist Intelligence Unit and Manager of Information Services at Urwick Orr and Partners.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates Preface and Acknowledgements List of Interviewees Introduction Headed for Change: 1980-2 Down to Business - New Name, New Roles - and Political Shadows on the Wall: 1982-84 Programmes Industrial Relations, Independent Production and the Cost of Programmes - ITV THE `Last Bastion'? Networking: The Sum of ITV's Parts- or Cartel? Independent Television News The Commercial Imperative Political Winds of Change The Battle of the Bill Winners and Losers: The Licence Process and Bids The Aftermath - For the ITC: Judicial Review - for ITV the Monopolies and Mergers commission Appendices bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'...a sound and well-documented account of what was the most fraught and perhaps the most critical decade in the continuing story of Independent Television so far.' - Sir Denis Forman, The Times Higher Education Supplement

'...this is an important, indeed, essential book for anyone interested in the development of the sometimes bizarre British broadcasting system.' - Times