Pluralism in crisistransformations of the spanish DTT market in the context of the recession
- Isabel Fernández Alonso
- María-Jesús Díaz-González
ISSN: 2040-4190
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 81-86
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Digital Television
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Abstract
This article discusses the most significant aspects of DTT’s evolution in Spain since the analogue switch-off in April 2010. It underscores the severe cutbacks affecting public service television broadcasters and their impact, as well as a return to government control over the Spanish Broadcasting Corporation (RTVE) in particular. It also emphasizes the major tendency towards concentration in the national private DTT market and the inviability of most regional and local broadcasters. All of these issues are analysed from the perspective of their worrying impact on pluralism.