From Analogue to Digital Radio Competition and Cooperation in the UK Radio Industry /

• Main Author: Devlin, JP (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Communication.; Ethnology-Europe.; Digital media.; Journalism.; Media and Communication.; British Culture.; Digital/New Media.

This book examines the history of UK radio from its analogue beginnings to its digital future by highlighting the roles played by the BBC and commercial radio in ensuring the medium's long-term success. Beginning as a mere technological innovation, radio developed into a broadcasting model whic...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. From New Technology to New Industry: The Emergence of Broadcasting in the UK
• 3. Wartime and Post-War Broadcasting: BBC Hegemony and Commercial Sector Hiatus
• 4. Commercial Onslaught: Commercial Television, Radio Luxembourg and the Pirates
• 5. A Level Playing Field: The BBC and Independent Radio
• 6. Competition on All Fronts: The BBC and Commercial Radio
• 7. Going Digital: New Technology, New Relationship
• 8. Conclusion.