Brings into focus central aspects of recent developments in European film and media culture. Through studies of both film and television the question of national identity, European integration and globalisation is analysed in a both Eastern and Western European context. This volume offers case studies of the more historical and institutional context of European film television, studies of European TV drama, children's television, TV entertainment formats, and comparative studies of European art cinema and art television and American (Hollywood) films and TV-serials.
Introduction; National Barriers for an Imag(e)ined European Community: The Techno-Political Frames of Post-war Television Development in Europe; EU Media Programmes: Little Investment, Few Results; European Integration and East Central European Media -- Post Communist Media Transformation; Television Fiction and Cultural Diversity: Strategies for Cultural Change; Going Global? Children's Television in Transition in Central-Eastern Europe; The Nation: Not Yet the Weakest Link? The Articulation of National Identity in a Globalised Popular Television Format; Genre Blending in Turkish Television; Format Trade and TV Drama -- Friends for Life? Danish TV Drama in a Global Context; European Art Television and the American Challenge; The American Connection. Inspiration and Ambition in the New Danish Cinema; Subjectivity in Film and television; Popular European Art Film: Challenging Narratives and Engaging Characters; Contributors.
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