Slow television

Public-service broadcasters are compelled to seek innovative ways to fulfil their public- service functions in an increasingly competitive environment. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) has been experimenting with new programme formats and cross-media concepts. The concept of slow televis...

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Main Author: Puijk, Roel
Other Authors: Carlsson, Ulla, Nordicom
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom 2015
Subjects:
slow television
Norway
interactivity
production
public service
broadcasting
Kirkenes
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39376
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spelling ftunivgoeteborg:oai:gupea.ub.gu.se:2077/39376 2023-10-29T02:37:40+01:00 Slow television a successful innovation in public service broadcasting Puijk, Roel Carlsson, Ulla Nordicom 2015-05 14 p. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39376 eng eng Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom Nordicom Review 36 (2015) 1, pp. 95-108 978-91-87957-10-9 1403-1108 http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39376 slow television Norway interactivity production public service broadcasting Text article, peer reviewed scientific 2015 ftunivgoeteborg 2023-10-04T21:08:32Z Public-service broadcasters are compelled to seek innovative ways to fulfil their public- service functions in an increasingly competitive environment. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) has been experimenting with new programme formats and cross-media concepts. The concept of slow television was developed by the regional office in Bergen. On July 16, 2011, they started a five-day live broadcast from one of the cruise ships that sailed up the Norwegian coast from Bergen in southern Norway to Kirkenes near the Russian border. The broadcast was a huge success. I take this programme as a case study and provide an analysis from the perspective of innovation within public-service broadcasting. The article addresses the following questions: 1) In what way was the programme innovative? 2) How was the programme accepted and produced? 3) What accounts for the success of the broadcast in terms of number of viewers and popular engagement? Article in Journal/Newspaper Kirkenes University of Gothenburg: GUPEA (Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive)
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description Public-service broadcasters are compelled to seek innovative ways to fulfil their public- service functions in an increasingly competitive environment. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) has been experimenting with new programme formats and cross-media concepts. The concept of slow television was developed by the regional office in Bergen. On July 16, 2011, they started a five-day live broadcast from one of the cruise ships that sailed up the Norwegian coast from Bergen in southern Norway to Kirkenes near the Russian border. The broadcast was a huge success. I take this programme as a case study and provide an analysis from the perspective of innovation within public-service broadcasting. The article addresses the following questions: 1) In what way was the programme innovative? 2) How was the programme accepted and produced? 3) What accounts for the success of the broadcast in terms of number of viewers and popular engagement?
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