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Television policy : the MacTaggart lectures

Willis, John(Foreword by)Franklin, Bob(Edited by)
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A unique insight into the development of television programming across 25 years Television Policy offers a unique and authoritative account of the major developments in television programming and policy since 1976 by collecting in a single volume the MacTaggart lectures delivered at the Edinburgh International Television Festival across the last quarter of a century.

The MacTaggart lecturers include the most celebrated and distinguished programme makers, producers, performers, playwrights, policymakers and senior media executives across all sectors of broadcasting.

With a Foreword by John Willis and an introductory essay exploring the history of the MacTaggart lectures and a review of the shifting themes and concerns of the lectures, the book provides a forum for the significant debates which have helped to shape both television content and policy across twenty five years of considerable and unprecedented change in broadcasting.

Topics covered include the future of public service programming; the relationship of government to broadcasters; the impact of ownership on the freedom of broadcasters; and debates about whether and how television should be regulated.

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Product Details
Edinburgh University Press
0748617175 / 9780748617173
Hardback
384.55
04/05/2005
United Kingdom
English
xi, 292 p.
25 cm
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Published in Scotland.