Is there a case for an EU information television station?

Summary:

This book, based on the most up-to-date statistics and ad hoc studies, presents an in-depth analysis of the TV channels' markets for information, and more specifically EU information, both from the supply and demand sides. It pays particular attention to the pan-European news channels and the national parliamentary channels and examines their role in contributing to a more participatory democracy. Its aim is to investigate what could be done by EU decision-makers to help develop an audiovisual European public space.

Table of Contents:

• PART I - A Panorama of the EU Televisions' Landscape and the Supply of Televised EU Information
  • Chapter 1: An overview of the global European TV landscape
    • The economic situation in EU TV companies
    • The TV signal transmission landscape
    • The quest for audience
    • The specificity of 'regional' television stations with a national reach
  • Chapter 2: The supply of "news" market in the TV landscape
    • What is "news"?
    • News channels
    • The share of news in viewer preferences
    • EU issues in news and information programmes
  • Chapter 3: International and pan-European (PETV) news channels
    • The state of play: main characteristics and audiences
    • International news TV versus national generalist TV
    • Channel by channel review
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: News and information on Internet Protocol TV (IP-TV)
    • The state and the evolution of the penetration of broadband technologies
    • The digital divide and its evolution up to 2013
    • The demand for news on the Internet
    • IP-TV – a cost analysis
  • Conclusions of Part I
• PART II - The Demand for Television Information and Information on the EU
  • Chapter 1: The global use of media and TV by EU citizens
    • Television and media consumption
    • Watching television news: a favourite pastime
    • The limits of TV news as a knowledge-building medium
  • Chapter 2: Television and EU information
    • EU knowledge of EU citizens
    • Effective and desired use of the media to receive EU information
    • EU referenda campaigns and media's consumption in France and the Netherlands
  • Chapter 3: Analysis of TV consumption behaviour
    • The reasons for the use of the TV or the Internet media
    • The news selection mechanisms
    • The news-processing mechanisms
    • Conclusions
  • Chapter 4: The EU citizens' demand for EU audiovisual information programmes
    • Citizens' concerns and their views of the EU
    • Perceptions of the information on offer
      • The quantity deficit
      • The quality deficit
    • Viewers' behaviour and expectations
      • Behaviour
      • Desiderata
    • Synthesis of the results in terms of type of EU programmes
  • Conclusions of Part II
• PART III: EU and non-EU Parliamentary Channels
  • Introduction: Parliamentary channels: the state of play
    • Parliamentary TV channels: a growing reality
      • Political orientation
      • Economic aspects
    • Reasons for creating parliamentary channels
    • Impact and audience
  • Chapter 1: Non-EU parliamentary channels
    • The US experience: C-SPAN
      • A brief description
      • The C-SPAN mission
      • Distribution and audience
      • The impact of C-SPAN on citizens and the institutions
      • Economic aspects
    • The Canadian experience: CPAC
      • A brief description
      • The CPAC mission and programming
      • Distribution and audience
      • Economic aspects
      • Conclusions
  • Chapter 2: EU-25 parliamentary channels and audiovisual services
    • A brief overview of parliamentary channels and audiovisual services
      • Current situation
      • Financial aspects, transmission modes and audience
      • Projects for the future
    • Description of some parliamentary television channels
      • La chaîne parlementaire (France)
      • Vouli Tileorasi (Greece)
      • BBC Parliament (UK)
      • PHOENIX (Germany)
      • TVP3 (Poland)
      • DK4 (Denmark)
  • Chapter 3: Survey of current and potential coverage of EU affairs by parliamentary channels
    • State and prospects for coverage of EU affairs
    • Expectations vis-à-vis the EU institutions
    • Reactions to different cooperation/collaboration possibilities
    • Reactions to the creation of an independent EP channel like C-SPAN
  • Conclusions of Part III
    • Parliamentary channels: a widespread and growing reality
    • The three main models
    • Risks and opportunities of the new information technologies
    • The keys to success
• General Conclusions and Cost Estimates for Feasible Audiovisual Solutions
  • Main findings
  • Four potential models for an EU information policy