European Television in the Digital Age Issues, Dynamics and Realities

"This book by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a treasury ofinformation and of carefully set out argument ... For students ofthe media system, it is invaluable and has no substitute." TimesHigher Education Supplement

" European Television in the Digital Age provides awell-informed, well-researched and comprehensive overview of theissues and the dynamics that impact on European television systemsat the beginning of the 21st Century. By charting the key momentsin the development of the television industry in the last century,it provides a sound foundation for understanding the present stateof the industry as it faces the challenge of digital television.This book will be essential reading for all those who want tobetter understand the recent past, the present and the prospectsfor the future of the television industry in Europe." RalphNegrine, Director, Centre for Mass Communication Research,University of Leicester

"Stylianos Papathanassopoulos has achieved the near-impossiblefeat of providing a survey and assessment of issues anddevelopments in West European television that manages to beintegrated, inclusive and detailed at the same time. It doesjustice to the considerable diversity of the European televisionscene, while highlighting shared circumstances and underlyingdynamics. There is presently no more authoritative guide to thiscomplex topic and unlikely to be one for the foreseeable future. Ithas a story to tell as well as a fund of information to offer." Denis McQuail, Department of Politics, University ofSouthampton