Podcast discusses new research into the relationship between Television and Talent Development

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:35:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle took part in a podcast to discuss his new book, The Talent Industry: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and New Digital Pathways (published in September) that looked at how the television industry, in the multi-platform age is identifying, nurturing and developing on and off screen talent.

Understanding Media Economics (2nd Edition) - Chinese Version

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:41:00 GMT

A Chinese translated version of Gillian Doyle's book Understanding Media Economics (2nd Edition) has been published as part of a prestigious series of international works on media by Tsinghua University Press.

Reflections on Renato Ortiz’s ‘Modern Brazilian Tradition’

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:23:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s essay on Brazilian anthropologist and sociologist Renato Ortiz’s ‘Modern Brazilian Tradition’, thirty years on, has just been published and can be downloaded here: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/ciencias_sociais/article/view/csu.2018.54.2.04/60746409

Professor / Reader/ Senior Lecturer Vacancy at CCPR

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:10:00 BST

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research is seeking to recruit a Professor / Reader/ Senior Lecturer in International Media Policy in order to strengthen the Centre’s research on media and communications policy in an international context and to support our PG teaching.

Talk on ‘Sport, Media and Issues of Governance’ at Paris Event

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:33:00 BST

Raymond Boyle was an invited speaker on the 5th edition of the Executive Masters in Sports Governance programme (MESGO) held in Paris last week which is supported by UEFA. He spoke on ‘Media, sport and issues of governance’ at the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) stadium on Thursday 27 September. More details at www.mesgo.org/

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships programme.

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:45:00 BST

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships programme.

Scottish Government’s Culture Strategy

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:01:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger chaired the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s working party on the Scottish Government’s Culture Strategy. The RSE’s response can be accessed here: www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AP18_16.pdf

New Book Published: THE TALENT INDUSTRY: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and new Digital Pathways

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:07:00 BST

A new book by Raymond Boyle exploring how the digital multiplatform delivery of television is affecting the role performed by cultural intermediaries responsible for talent identification and development has been published.

PROFESSOR PHILIP SCHLESINGER HONOURED IN SPAIN

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:43:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, has been made the first-ever foreign Honorary Member (Socio de Honor) of the Spanish Association for Communication Research (Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación).

The New European Agenda for Culture discussed in Florence

Thu, 31 May 2018 13:56:00 BST

On 24 May, EC officials, and international group of cultural figures and academic experts met to discuss the New European Agenda for Culture in a workshop held at the European University Institute.

ICA Pre-Conference: Online Distribution and Internet Television

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:17:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave the opening keynote at the ICA pre-conference on Screen Industries in East-Central Europe held at the National Film Archive in Prague on 22-23 May 2018.

Screen Sector in Scotland

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:20:00 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen gave evidence on the use of data and statistics in the Screen Sector in Scotland at the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee, Thursday 24th May 2018.

Sport and Communication Research

Wed, 23 May 2018 14:46:00 BST

New research by Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes has been published in the chapter entitled, Sport, the Media and Strategic Communications Management.

New publication on EU cultural policy

Mon, 14 May 2018 11:44:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s chapter ‘Whither the creative economy? Reflections on the European case’ kicks off The Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries, edited by two distinguished IP lawyers, Professors Abbe Brown (Aberdeen) and Charlotte Waelde (Coventry).

TV and the Rise of the Data Economy: Analytics, Power and the Public Interest

Fri, 11 May 2018 15:01:00 BST

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle gave an invited presentation on ‘Television and the Rise of the Data Economy: Analytics, Power and the Public Interest’ at World Media Economics and Management Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference, which examined a range of questions surrounding the effects on media of the rise of global technology giants, was held on 6-9 April.

Modelling the Evolution of the TV Drama Production Sector in the UK

Thu, 10 May 2018 11:44:00 BST

CCPR's Richard Paterson publishes the paper 'Modelling the Evolution of the TV Drama Production Sector in the UK' in the CREATe Working Paper series.

Supporting the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:55:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle of CCPR has been appointed a Research Assessor for research grants applications submitted to the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

Evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture Committee

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:56:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee on 8 February.

The press, civil society and Scottish identity analysed

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:18:00 GMT

The proceedings of a Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded workshop project organised by CCPR has now seen the light of day.

New essay on Jesús Martín Barbero’s work published

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:12:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger’s brief reflections on the work of the Colombian cultural analyst Jesús Martín-Barbero have just been published in a new e-book celebrating 30 years since first publication of From the Media to the Mediations.

BBC Field Trip

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:50:00 GMT

MSc in Media Management students who were taken by Gillian Doyle to visit BBC Scotland’s digital headquarters at Pacific Quay on Monday November 13th 2017 heard about plans for the organisation’s dedicated new television service for Scottish viewers.

Glasgow Film Festival Industry Focus 2017

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:20:00 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen is delighted to be appointed to the steering group of Glasgow Film Festival's Industry Focus. Other member are Claire Mundell, Brodie Pringle, Kay Sheridan, and Ross McKenzie.

CAMEo Conference

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:44:00 BST

Richard Paterson gave a paper titled ‘the politics of entrepreneurship in early independent television production in the UK’ at a CAMEo event ‘Mediating Cultural Work: Texts, Objects and Politics’ at the Universiy of Leicester in September 2017.

PSB consultations

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:09:00 BST

This summer Lynn Whitaker was an invited contributor to three important consultations on the future of Public Service Broadcasting.

Questioning the creative economy

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:38:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave the opening keynote lecture at the Cultural and Professional Policy Seminar held at the NFF (the Norwegian Non-fiction Writers’ and Translators’Association) in Oslo on 6 September 2017.

International Symposium on Sports Economy

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:18:00 BST

Raymond Boyle was invited to give a keynote at the 17th Hamburg Congress On Sports, Economy and Media In Germany on 4th September.

Discussion on sport, media and politics

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:28:00 BST

Raymond Boyle gave an invited keynote talk on ‘Sporting Politics: Sport, Identity and Constitutional Crisis’ at the international conference on Regionalism, Nationalism and Contemporary International Sport held at the University of Vic, just north of Barcelona on 30 June.

Commercial TV and democratic society in Europe

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:46:00 BST

The role of commercial media in contemporary European democratic societies was under discussion at the international conference on Private Television in Europe organized by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, SMIT/imec and the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) in Brussels in June 2017 at which Gillian Doyle gave an invited presentation on ‘Ownership, Data, Power and Content'.

Launch of CREATe Copyright and Innovation Network

Tue, 30 May 2017 09:24:00 BST

CCPR’s strategic partner, CREATe, held its launch event for the new Copyright Innovation Network at the Digital Catapult Centre in London on 26 May.

Can the EU undertake effective cultural diplomacy?

Tue, 23 May 2017 10:20:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger opened the first session at the High Level Policy Workshop on ‘EU international cultural relations: a strategic approach’, held in Florence at the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme on 18-19 May.

Value Creation in Media Markets

Tue, 16 May 2017 16:05:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was a speaker in the opening plenary session on Industry Transformation and also gave a paper on ‘Value Creation and Sustainability in the Television Production Sector' at the European Media Management Association (EMMA) conference organised by Ghent University and Vrije Universities Brussel and held in Ghent on May 10-13, 2017.

Enhancing policy-relevant research in media and cultural sectors

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:23:00 BST

Gillian Doyle chaired a Review Panel for the Research Council of Norway's KULMEDIA programme in Oslo in April 2017.

'Cultural prescription': a growing focus for research

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:57:00 BST

CREATe Deputy Director Philip Schlesinger gave the opening keynote lecture on ‘Why does cultural expertise matter?’ at the international conference on ‘La prescription culturelle en question/Investigating cultural expertise’, held at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Dijon.

Congratulation to PGR student on completion of PhD

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:49:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Helen Huang who, following her Viva in March 2017, has been unconditionally awarded a PhD for her thesis 'Digital Transition in the Chinese Newspaper Industry' from the Centre for Cultural Policy Research. Her supervisors were Professor Gillian Doyle and Dr Melanie Selfe.

Competition and Regulation in Digital markets

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:52:00 BST

Gillian Doyle spoke on Regulatory Challenges surrounding Online Business Models at a Workshop on 'Competition, Regulation and Freedom of Expression in Digital Markets' which took place at the EU-funded Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) in Florence

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Television, Sport and the Mega-Event

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle (writing with Richard Haynes) has new research into sport, media and television published in a chapter entitled, The Global Event? The Media, Football and the FIFA World Cup.

Dr Inge Sørensen speaks to TV2 News re Brexit

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:34:00 GMT

Dr Inge Sørensen appeared on the Danish News channel, TV2 News, on Saturday the 18th March 2017.

First Minister’s indyref2 bombshell holds up Scottish constitution workshop

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:48:00 GMT

In an astonishing coincidence, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s speech announcing moves towards a second independence referendum coincided precisely with an RSE-funded workshop organised by CCPR on the national press, civil society and constitutional identity in Scotland.

Value for Money and the Arts

Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:22:00 GMT

Leading cultural economist Prof John O' Hagan from Trinity College Dublin visited CCPR in March 2017 and his research paper on 'Value for Money Applies Also to State Expenditure on the Arts' stimulated lively discussion and debate.

Robert Schuman Fellowship awarded to Philip Schlesinger

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:23:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, has been awarded a Robert Schuman Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence.‌ An award for distinguished scholars made by invitation only, this will run from March to June 2018.

RSE-funded Commissioning Creativity and Funding Films Workshop 3

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:38:00 GMT

CCPR and CREATe hosted the third and final RSE-funded workshops exploring current international policies and practices in film and screen commissioning and funding.

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Cultural winds of change blow in Brussels

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:09:00 GMT

The CulturalBase project, in which CCPR is a partner, held its major policy seminar on 'Cultural Heritage Policies for a Troubled Europe’ at the Bozar centre in Brussels on 31 January.

Sport, social media and media management (RB) news item

Sport, social media and media management

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:46:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle has a new chapter on Social Media and Media Management in a new book of case studies form the sports industry.