The changing face of Western European broadcasting provides a fascinating subject ofstudy for the contemporary observer. In part this is because the structures of differentnational broadcasting systems have altered over the past few years with the growth of newradio stations and television channels. A by-no-means exhaustive checklist of suchdevelopments would include inter alia the creation of Channel 4 in Britain, the recentlaunching of Canal plus in France, the de facto establishment of private television networksin Italy, the introduction of a second channel in Ireland.

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