Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry
The wish to limit ownership concentration in the media industry has been common in the newspaper sector, but hardly very successful. As commercial television was more extensively introduced, governments saw possibilities of limiting ownership concentration in this sector. One such case is the Swedis...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sciendo
2007-05-01
|
| Series: | Nordicom Review |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0202 |
| _version_ | 1797759786503110656 |
|---|---|
| author | Tjernström Sune |
| author_facet | Tjernström Sune |
| author_sort | Tjernström Sune |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The wish to limit ownership concentration in the media industry has been common in the newspaper sector, but hardly very successful. As commercial television was more extensively introduced, governments saw possibilities of limiting ownership concentration in this sector. One such case is the Swedish TV4, owned at the start in 1991 by a consortium of financial and smaller publishing groups, but now controlled by the biggest player in the national media business. What happened on the way and what were the obstacles to media policy in this field? Some would argue that this is an area in which media policy failed. Alternatively, this development can be understood as a case in which the nature of corporate policy is revealed. A third option would be to observe the interaction between corporate interests and the government as an example of so-called political management. This article examines these scenarios in the context of commercial television in Sweden. The case study provides a deeper understanding of the nature of ‘institutional competitiveness’, politics vs. business, nationally based media firms vs. other Scandinavian players. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-12T18:49:27Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-4512e951ca7340faa55f47509f8ab9fc |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2001-5119 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-12T18:49:27Z |
| publishDate | 2007-05-01 |
| publisher | Sciendo |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Nordicom Review |
| spelling | doaj.art-4512e951ca7340faa55f47509f8ab9fc2023-08-02T07:20:10ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192007-05-01281779210.1515/nor-2017-0202Ownership Concentration in the TV IndustryTjernström Sune0Econ.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Design, Kalmar University, SwedenThe wish to limit ownership concentration in the media industry has been common in the newspaper sector, but hardly very successful. As commercial television was more extensively introduced, governments saw possibilities of limiting ownership concentration in this sector. One such case is the Swedish TV4, owned at the start in 1991 by a consortium of financial and smaller publishing groups, but now controlled by the biggest player in the national media business. What happened on the way and what were the obstacles to media policy in this field? Some would argue that this is an area in which media policy failed. Alternatively, this development can be understood as a case in which the nature of corporate policy is revealed. A third option would be to observe the interaction between corporate interests and the government as an example of so-called political management. This article examines these scenarios in the context of commercial television in Sweden. The case study provides a deeper understanding of the nature of ‘institutional competitiveness’, politics vs. business, nationally based media firms vs. other Scandinavian players.https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0202media policycorporate strategypolitical managementhybrid media firmstv4 sweden |
| spellingShingle | Tjernström Sune Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry Nordicom Review media policy corporate strategy political management hybrid media firms tv4 sweden |
| title | Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry |
| title_full | Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry |
| title_fullStr | Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry |
| title_short | Ownership Concentration in the TV Industry |
| title_sort | ownership concentration in the tv industry |
| topic | media policy corporate strategy political management hybrid media firms tv4 sweden |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0202 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT tjernstromsune ownershipconcentrationinthetvindustry |