Thirty Years of Private Television in Europe — Trends and Key Moments

Abstract

The typical television landscape in Europe was characterised by public service broadcasting (PSB) in the West and state broadcasting in the East. This era when broadcasting comprised one or two channels closely controlled by the state belongs now in history. A confluence of factors led successive countries to allow private television and to end monopolies on broadcasting. The process was gradual, starting in the 1980s in most Western European countries and in the 1990s in ex-communist European countries.KeywordsPrivate EquityTelevision ChannelCommercial TelevisionPublic Service BroadcastingTelevision MarketThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.