Audiovisual Digitalization in Spain and Italy: from Neo-Television to Post-Television

Authors

  • Marta Roel Universidad Católica San Antonio (UCAM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS21200887

Keywords:

Post-television, audiovisual policy, digital contents

Abstract

This paper aims to outline a general view of the present structure of the television system in Spain and Italy, in a moment when both countries are actively backing the introduction of digital technology. Likewise, my goal is to study the political initiatives developed by the present Spanish and Italian governments, especially those linked to the introduction of the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and to make a review of the policies developed by the previous governments of José María Aznar and Silvio Berlusconi respectively. But in this context of technological innovation and political planning, there is a sector with a strategic future: the contents sector. My goal is to tackle the reorganization process of the traditional models of content management before the analogical switch-off, the development of new management models favoured by digital technology, and to detect the audiovisual strategic contents in the transition from Neo-television to Post-television.

Author Biography

Marta Roel, Universidad Católica San Antonio (UCAM)

Doctora en Ciencias de la Información por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Licenciada en Ciencias de la Información (Periodismo) por la Universidad de Navarra. Ha impartido docencia en las universidades españolas de Vigo y La Coruña, y en las italianas de Siena y Sassari. Desde septiembre de 2000 es profesora de Políticas y Estrategias de la programación audiovisual en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Comunicación de la Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), donde ha formado parte del equipo gestor de la Titulación en Comunicación Audiovisual hasta febrero de 2007. Ha sido profesora del Master en Estudios teatrales y audiovisuales de la Universidad de La Coruña y profesora de los programas de Doctorado de la UCAM, donde ha coordinado entre 2001 y 2007 el programa de Doctorado en Comunicación. Desde 2004 forma parte de la Comisión de Doctorado de dicha universidad. Sus líneas de investigación están dirigidas a profundizar en las Políticas de televisión, especialmente en su incidencia sobre los modelos de gestión de contenidos. Sobre este ámbito de estudio, ha presentado numerosas contribuciones en congresos, publicado artículos, capítulos de libros y coordinado diversas publicaciones. Recientemente ha coordinado, junto con María Arroyo, y participado como coautora en Los medios de comunicación en la democracia española 1982-2005: Prensa, radio, televisión. Internet y grupos de comunicación (Fragua, Madrid, 2006). Asimismo, ha realizado estancias de investigación en diversas universidades de España e Italia (INCOM-Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Siena, Universidad de Sassari o la Universidad de Padua).

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Published

2008-03-03

How to Cite

Roel, M. (2008). Audiovisual Digitalization in Spain and Italy: from Neo-Television to Post-Television. Observatorio (OBS*), 2(1). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS21200887

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008)

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