Trine Syvertsen (1992) Public television in transition

Primary source material, documentary sources, official publications

 

 

 

APPENDIX A: PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL

 

1. General comments

As the availability of material varies from country to country, the analyses presented here are to some extent based on different sources in the two cases. This is not generally a problem, since the analysis is problem-oriented, rather than source-oriented. Nevertheless, in order to make sure that the comparisons are valid across national contexts, certain types of primary source material have been selected for systematic analyses in both countries:

Firstly, official publications on broadcasting have been examined in connection with the three crucial 'historical moments' discussed in this study: the establishment of the public broadcasting corporations, the introduction of television into the same structure, and the upheavals in the 1980s and 1990s.

Secondly, comments and submissions from different actors and interests in response to government policy-initiatives in the 1980s, has been examined in both countries.

Thirdly, a systematic study of material from the broadcasting institutions themselves (annual reports and publicly available policy documents), have been carried out for the 1981-1991 period.

Even if this material has been selected because it is comparable across national contexts, political and cultural differences still complicate the analysis. This is less of a problem with the third type of source: material from the broadcasting corporations themselves, which is functionally equivalent across the two countries. Regarding the first two types of material, however, both which are integrated elements of the political decision-making process, there are important differences between the two contexts which in turn have implications for the interpretation of the sources.

In Britain, where there is a bi-partisan and non-participatory parliamentary tradition, the most important official documents within broadcasting are those produced by the Government and Government-appointed committees. Partly as a result of the electoral system, there are usually majority Governments, and Parliament is not a place where policies are made. The non-participatory tradition of the British Parliament is also seen in the fact that the annual reports of the broadcasting corporations are not debated in Parliament, indeed the BBC has until recently reported when the House was not in session. Thus, it is not usually Parliament who, in practice, has exercised public accountability. This task has been carried out by the Board of Governors and the Government-appointed committees who have been appointed to review the broadcasting services prior to all renewals of the BBC's charter apart from one (third Charter 1947).

As Wedell (1968:78) has pointed out, this system came into being more by accident than by design, but having done so it has generated much material of interest to researchers. The reports are valuable by themselves because they present a comprehensive review of the existing services, but even more important is the fact that they synthesise the 'mood' of the time by reviewing the criticisms and complaints against broadcasting from the various 'publics' active in the debate. Individuals, groups and organisations have been invited to produce comments and evidence to the committee members, and submissions have thereby been generated based on what the different actors themselves want to point out. The Annan committee, for example, used adverts and press releases to invite the public to submit comments, and the committee wrote also to 400 organisations and asked them to comment. Finally, they held twenty five days of hearings where many of those who had previously written were invited to present oral evidence (Annan 1977, para. 1.3, 1.4).

In the 1980s this tradition was broken, and major changes were introduced within the field of broadcasting without a committee reviewing of the totality of the services. This also meant that the submissions from various interests and organisations changed character. Submissions still arrived in large numbers and still addressed a variety of issues, but they were now geared more specifically towards commenting upon the government proposals.

In Norway, government-appointed committees have also been important for determining broadcasting structures, but even if the committees have met with different interests and have been targets for lobbyists, the public has, as a rule, not been invited to comment until after the reports have been finished. Furthermore, comments have only been invited from a limited range of interests, although others can of course also sumbit comments. Nevertheless, the system implies that the committee reports and the submissions from various groups and interests, provide less information than what has been the case in Britain. In contrast to the latter case, however, parliamentary debates are crucial sources with respect to the legitimacy of, and challenges to, Norwegian broadcasting. The PR-based electoral system implies that there are seldom majority Governments (apart from the exceptional period of Labour governments in the early post-war decades), and this implies that parliament is an important arena for policy-formation.

The electoral system also favours a large number of parties, and this in turn means that many perspectives and views of the type which in Britain surface only in the reports of the broadcasting committees, emerge in the Norwegian parliamentary debates. All MP's in Norway are permanently assigned to a working committee, and it is in these committees that the major differences are sorted out and presented - a fact which implies that the committee reports are important sources. Finally, the Norwegian Parliament always debate the NRK annual report and accounts, and it is also Parliament that decides upon the licence fee (in contrast to Britain where the fee is settled in negotiations between the Government and the BBC). This generates further material of interest to the researcher.

 

2. Overview over the primary source material

The primary source material is, for the most part, arranged by year of publication, and is divided into eight categories:

A. Official Publications: Britain

B. Official Publications: Norway

C. Submissions from various groups and interests: Britain

D. Submissions from various groups and interests: Norway

E. BBC Publications

F. NRK Publications

G. European publications

H. Journals, newspapers and magazines

 

 

A. Official Publications: Britain

British parliamentary debates are printed in the House of Commons (HC) Official Reports and the House of Lords (HL) Offical Reports.

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Crawford Report (1926) Report of the Broadcasting Committee (Cmnd. 2599).

Government White Paper (1926) Wireless Broadcasting (Drafts of what became the 1927 Royal Charter and the Licence and Agreement) (Cmnd. 2756).

Selsdon Report (1935) Report of the Television Committee (Cmnd. 4793).

Ullswater Report (1935) Report of the Broadcasting Committee (Cmnd. 5091).

Beveridge Report (1950) Report of the Broadcasting Committee (Cmnd. 8116).

Pilkington Report (1962) Report of the Broadcasting Committee (Cmnd. 1753).

Annan Report (1977) Report of the Broadcasting Committee (Cmnd. 6753).

Independent Broadcasting Authority Act (Broadcasting Act 1980).

IBA Annual Report and Accounts 1980/81.

1981 BBC Charter and Licence and Agreement (printed as an appendix to BBC Annual Reports and Accounts).

Hunt Report (1982) Report of the Inquiry into Cable Expansion and Broadcasting Policy (Cmnd. 8679).

White Paper (1983) The Development of Cable systems and Services (Cmnd. 8866).

Home office (1985) Financing the BBC - A Survey of Public Opinion. NOP Market Research Ltd.

Peacock Report (1986) Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC (Cmnd. 9824).

White Paper (1988) Broadcasting in the '90s: Competition, Choice and Quality (Cmnd. 517).

Home Affairs Committee (1988a) The Future of Broadcasting. Vol.1: Report together with the proceedings of the Committee. 262-I.

Home Affairs Committee (1988b) The Future of Broadcasting. Vol.2: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices. 262-II.

Department of Trade and Industry (1988) 'Memorandum', in Home Affairs Committee (1988b) The Future of Broadcasting. vol. 2: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.

Home Office (1988) 'Memorandum', pp. 1-9 in Home Affairs Committee (1988b) The Future of Broadcasting. vol. 2: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.

Home Office (1989) Broadcasting Bill. Bill 9, 50/3.

Broadcasting Standards Council (1989) Annual Report 1988-89 and Code of Practice.

Broadcasting Standards Council (1990) Annual Report 1989-90.

Broadcasting Act 1990.

Independent Television Commission (1991) Invitation to Apply for Regional Channel 3 Licences.

 

 

B. Official Publications: Norway

Norwegian parliamentary debates are printed in the Stortingsforhandlinger (referred to as S.tid., O.tid., and L.tid. in the text). There are also some references to the annual debates in the parliamentary committees about the NRK budget, referred to in the texts as Budsj.innst.S. 12, 1981-82 - 1990/91.

Norwegian official statistics are printed in the annual publications from the Central Bureau of Statistics, referred to in the texts as such.

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St.prop. 70, 1930 Om ordning av og landsplan for kringkastingen i Norge.

Vigstad Report (1931) Forslag til ordning av kringkastingen i Norge. Appendix to St. prop. 69, 1932.

St.prop. 69, 1932 Om ordning av og landsplan for kringkastingen i Norge.

Innst.S. 1, 1933 Om ordning av og landsplan for kringkastingen i Norge.

Ot.prop. 74, 1933 Om utferdigelse av en lov om kringkasting.

1933 Broadcasting Act (Lov om kringkasting av 24. juni 1933 nr. 13).

Kgl. res. 10.11.1939 Regler om statsmyndighetenes bruk av Norsk Rikskringkasting til sending av meldinger etter para. 9 i Lov om kringkasting av 24. juni 1933.

Innst.S. 334, 1952 Om tekniske prøvesendinger for fjernsyn.

Bratholm Report (1967). Innstilling I: Innstilling om omfanget av Norsk rikskringkastings enerett.

Bratholm Report (1968) Instilling 2: Innstilling om reklame i radio og fjernsyn.

NOU 1972:25 Norsk Rikskringkasting - Organisasjon og ansettelsesvilkår (Dæhlin Report I).

St.meld. 80, 1973/74 Om Norsk rikskringkastings økonomiske stilling 1975-85.

NOU 1975:7 Kringkastingslov (Dæhlin Report II).

Ot.prop. 67, 1978/79 Om lov om kringkasting.

Innst.O. 57, 1979/80 Om lov om kringkasting.

1980 Broadcasting Act (Lov om kringkasting av 13. juni 1980 nr. 36.

St.meld. 88, 1981/82 Om medieutvikling og nye kringkastingsformer.

NOU 1982:33 Nærradio.

NOU 1982:34 Kabelfjernsyn.

NOU 1983:3 Massemedier og mediepolitikk.

NOU 1984:5 Kringkastingsreklame.

NOU 1984:25 Nabolandsfjernsyn i kabel.

Ot.prop. 80, 1984/85 Om nabolandsfjernsyn i kabel.

St.meld. 84, 1984/85 Om ny mediepolitikk.

NOU 1985:11 TV2.

Ot.prop. 47, 1986/87 Lov om nærkringkasting.

Ot.prop. 31, 1986/87 Friere stilling for Norsk Rikskringkasting.

St.meld. 44, 1987/88 Om utviding av fjernsynstilbudet i Norge.

Ot.prp. 53, 1987/88 Lov om kabelsendinger.

Dokument 8:9, 1987/88 Om godkjennelse av konsesjonssøknad fra Scansat/TV3.

Dokument 8:47, 1987/88 Om endringer av ordningen for utnevnelse av ny kringkastingssjef.

NRK Regulations (1988) (Vedtekter for stiftelsen NRK).

Innst.S 129, 1987-88 Om godkjennelse av konsesjonssøknad fra Scansat/TV3.

Innst.S 187, 1988-89 Friere stilling for NRK.

Innst.S 52, 1988-89 Om utnevning av Einar Førde til kringkastingssjef.

St.meld. 13, 1988-89 Om verksemda i Norsk Rikskringkasting.

Ot.prop. 55, 1989/90 TV2. Lov om reklame i kringkasting m.v.

Innst.O 2, 1989/90 TV2. Lov om reklame i kringkasting m.v..

 

 

C. Submissions from various groups and interests: Britain

Initially, my ambition was to examine the perspectives and views of the following categories of interests in both countries.

-Media industries (hardware and software production), press, advertising

-Broadcasting regulatory bodies, councils

-Media and broadcasting campaigns, viewers associations

-Authors, publishers, journalists

-Music, stage and drama, art and culture

-Sports associations

-Educational, media research and education

-Religious bodies and associations

-Voluntary associations, campaigns, charities and self-help

-Consumer bodies, ombudsmen

-Trade unions, business and industrial confederations

-Regional and local authorities, regional and linguistic minority interests

In the British case, the material received by the Home Office in response to the 1988 Broadcasting White Paper, seemed well suited to my purposes. However, the Home Office refused access to the material, and the fact that there were more than 3000 comments altogether, made it impossible to analyse them in their totality (even if they were to be obtained from the commentators themselves). It was therefore necessary to find a different solution. In the end I decided to write to a series of the interests who, according to the Home Office, had responded to the White Paper, and ask them for a copy of their comment.

Of the 3000 commentators, approximately 350 were named by the Home Office. Those excluded were individual members of the public, individual MPs, local branches of national organisations, local authorities, and various academic and educational interests. Since all these interests are represented at the national level, however, this posed no major problem.

From the 350 groups and actors, I wrote to 110 asking for a copy of their submission. The recipients were not selected to obtain a representative sample of all views, but in order to sample the views of actors belonging to the different categories listed above. The emphasis was on the views of representative organisations rather than individual agents or businesses. One recipient wrote and said that it was not their policy to make their responses public, whereas sixty-five commentators, from all the above-mentioned categories apart from 'Sports associations' responded positively.

In addition to these responses, I decided to include the most central memoranda collected by the Home affairs committee in 1988 (printed in Home Affairs Committee (1988b) The Future of broadcasting. Vol.2: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices). Together, this material cover the same categories of interests as the Norwegian material (see below).

Broadcasting White Paper: Selected and analysed comments (all 1989 and referred to in the texts as such), in alphabetical order:

 

AGE CONCERN

AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH

ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN

ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPOSERS

ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA INDEPENDENTS

ASSOCIATION OF CHARITY OFFICERS

BBC EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING COUNCIL

BISHOP OF MANCHESTER

BISHOP OF COVENTRY

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BFI)

BRITISH ACTION FOR CHILDRENS TELEVISION (BACTV)

BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL

BRITISH SATELLITE BROADCASTING (BSB)

BRITISH COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES FILM AND VIDEO COUNCIL

BRITISH KINEMATHOGRAPH SOUND & TELEVISION SOCIETY (BKSTS)

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA)

BROADCASTING STANDARDS COUNCIL (BSC)

BROADCASTING CONSORTIUM (REPRESENTS 40 NATIONAL VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS)

BROADCASTING COMPLAINTS COMMISSION (BCC)

CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION (CTA)

CAMPAIGN FOR QUALITY TELEVISION

CAMPAIGN FOR PRESS AND BROADCASTING FREEDOM (CPBF) (REPRESENTS 24 TRADE UNIONS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS)

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF SCOTLAND AND CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF SCOTLAND

CHANNEL FOUR

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

CHURCH OF ENGLAND - GENERAL SYNOD

COMMITTEE FOR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE (COPUS)

COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS (CSV)

COMPOSERS GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN

CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES (COSLA)

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE

GRANADA TELEVISION

IBA EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

INDEPENDENT TELEVISION ASSOCIATION (ITV)

INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (IBA)

INSTITUTE OF PRACTITIONERS IN ADVERTISING

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

LONDON CHURCHES BROADCASTING GROUP

METHODIST CHURCH OF IRELAND

MOTHERS UNION

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS (NVCO) (REPRESENTATIVE BODY FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES IN ENGLAND, 600 NATIONAL BODIES AFFILIATED)

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS

NATIONAL VIEWERS AND LISTENERS ASSOCIATION (NVALA)

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN IN GREAT BRITAIN

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE BLIND AND DISABLED

NATIONAL ASS. FOR THE CARE AND RESETTLEMENT OF OFFENDERS

OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING

PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETY

PERSONAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION LTD.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF IRELAND

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING CAMPAIGN (BROADCASTING AND ENTERTAINMENT TRADES ALLIANCE (BETA) AND ASSOCIATION OF CINEMAOGRAPHIC AND TELEVISION TECHNICANS (ACCT))

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS (MENCAP)

ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND

SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH

SCOTTISH CHURCHES BROADCASTING GROUP

SCOTTISH FILM COUNCIL (SFC)

SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL

SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY

SKY CHANNEL

SOCIETY OF AUTHORS

SOCIETY OF EDUCATION OFFICERS

TELEVISION SOUTH WEST

THEATRE ADVISORY COUNCIL

THIRD WORLD AND ENVIRONMENT BROADCASTING IN THE 90'S PROJECT (REPRESENTS OVER FIFTY THIRD WORLD AND ENVIRONMENT AGENCIES)

TOWNSWOMEN GUILDS

TRADES UNION CONGRESS (TUC)

UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

VOICE OF THE LISTENER (VOL)

VOLUNTEER CENTRE UK

WRITERS GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN

 

Memoranda and supplementary memoranda selected from the Home Affairs Committee material (all 1988 and referred to in the text as such), in alphabetical order:

 

ADVERTISING ASSSOCIATION

ANTIFERENCE LTD.

ASSOCIATAION OF CINEMATOGRAPH, TELEVISION AND ALLIED TECHNICIANS

BRITISH DIRECT TELEVISION

BRITISH SATELLITE BROADCASTING (BSB)

BRITISH TELECOM

BROADCASTING RESEARCH UNIT (BRU)

CABLE AUTHORITY

CINEMATOGRAPH EXHIBITORS' ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

CONFEDERATION OF AERIAL INDUSTRIES

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

G. E. C. PLESSEY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

IBM UNITED KINGDOM LTD.

INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF BRITISH ADVERTISERS

INDEPENDENT PROGRAMME PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION (IPPA)

OPEN UNIVERSITY

RANK ORGANISATION

SAT UK. BROADCASTING LTD.

THAMES TELEVISION

TIME OUT

VIDEO PERFORMANCE LTD.

VOLUNTEER CENTER UK

W. H. SMITH TELEVISION

 

D. Submissions from various groups and interests: Norway

In Norway, around two hundred comments were received in response to the publication of the report from the 'TV2'-committee in 1985. All this material, apart from comments from other state departments, is publicly available and I have examined it in its totality in the archives of the Ministry of Culture in Oslo. The translations below are mostly done by me, apart from a few 'official ones' obtained from the organisations themselves.

Comments to the 'TV2'-inquiry (all 1985 and referred to in the text as such), in alphabetical order:

ASSOCIATION OF NORWEGIAN NEWSPAPER EDITORS = NORSK REDAKTØRFORENING

ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPERS = HØYREPRESSENS SAMARBEIDSUTVALG.

ASSOCIATION OF NORWEGIAN FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCERS = NORSKE FILM- OG VIDEOGRAMPRODUSENTERS FORENING

ASSOCIATION OF FEATURE FILM PRODUCERS = SPILLEFILMPRODUSENTENES FELLESUTVALG

ASSOCIATION OF NORWEGIAN FILM BUREAUS = NORSKE FILMBYRÅERS FORENING

ASSOCIATION OF ADVERTISERS IN NORWAY = ANNONSØRFORENINGEN

ASSOCIATION OF 'INDEPENDENT' BROADCASTING COMPANIES IN NORWAY = NORSKE FJERNSYNSSELSKAPERS LANDSFORBUND

ASSOCIATION OF NORWEGIAN DRAMATISTS = NORSKE DRAMATIKERES FORBUND

ASSOCIATION OF FEATURE FILM PRODUCERS = SPILLEFILMPRODUSENTENES FELLESUTVALG

ASSOCIATION OF NORWEGIAN THEATRES = DE NORSKE TEATRES FORENING

ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA EDUCATION = LANDSLAGET FOR MEDIEUNDERVISNING

BISHOP OF AGDER = AGDER BISPESTOL

BISHOP OF NORD-HÅLOGALAND = NORD-HÅLOGALAND BISPESTOL

BISHOP OF SØR-HÅLOGALAND = SØR-HÅLOGALAND BISPESTOL

BISHOP OF BORG = BORG BISPESTOL

BISHOP OF TUNSBERG = TUNSBERG BISPESTOL

BJUGN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL = BJUGN KOMMUNE (KULTURSTYRET).

CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN = BARNEOMBUDET

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN HORDALAND = KRF I HORDALAND

CHURCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY = KIRKERÅDET

CONFEDERATION OF NORWEGIAN INDUSTRY = NORGES INDUSTRIFORBUND

CONFEDERATION OF VOCATIONAL UNIONS = YRKESORGANISASJONENES SENTRALFORBUND

CONSERVATIVE 'BOOK NORWEGIAN' LANGUAGE SOCIETY = RIKSMÅLSFORBUNDET

CONSERVTIVE PARTY IN HORDALAND = HØYRE I HORDALAND

COPYRIGHTS COUNCIL = DET SAKKYNDIGE RÅD FOR ÅNDSVERKER

COUNCIL OF DISSENTING CHURCHES IN NORWAY = NORGES FRIKIRKERÅD

CULTURAL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN NORWAY = NORD NORSK KULTURRÅD

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO = INSTITUTT FOR SOSIOLOGI, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO

DEPARTMENT OF PRESS RESEARCH = INSTITUTT FOR PRESSEFORSKNING

EDUCATIONAL FILM COUNCIL = STATENS SKOLEFILMNEMD

FACULTY OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO = HF-FAKULTETET, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO

FEDERATION OF NORWEGIAN COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS = NORGES HANDELSSTANDS FORBUND

FEDERATION OF MUNICIPAL CINEMAS = KOMMUNALE KINOMATOGRAFERS LANDSFORBUND

FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN NORWAY = AKADEMIKERNES FELLESORGANISASJON

FORUM FOR PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION WORKERS = FORUM FOR OFFENTLIG INFORMASJONSMEDARBEIDERE

LABOUR PARTY IN BERGEN = ARBEIDERPARTIET I BERGEN

LABOUR PARTY IN TROMS = TROMS ARBEIDERPARTI

LIBRARY COUNCIL OF NORWAY = STATENS BIBLIOTEKRÅD,

MEDIA VISION = MEDIA VISION

MUSEUM COUNCIL OF NORWAY = STATENS MUSEUMSRÅD

'NEW NORWEGIAN' LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION = NOREGS MÅLLAG

NORPAS (A NEWS AGENCY) = NORPAS

NORWEGAIN ACADEMY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE = DET NORSKE AKADEMI FOR SPROG OG LITTERATUR

NORWEGIAN FILM = NORSK FILM

NORWEGIAN OMBUDSMAN FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN THE SEXES = LIKESTILLINGSOMBUDET

NORWEGIAN PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION = INFORMASJONSFORENINGEN

NORWEGIAN COUNCIL FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN THE SEXES = LIKESTILLINGSRÅDET

NORWEGIAN DISTANCE LEARNING = NORSK FJERNUNDERVISNING

NORWEGIAN SOCIETY OF VIEWERS AND LISTENERS = NORSK LYTTER- OG SEERFORENING FOR RADIO OG TELEVISJON

NORWEGIAN LIBRARY INSPECTION = STATENS BIBLIOTEKSTILSYN

NORWEGIAN CONSUMER COUNCIL = FORBRUKERRÅDET

NORWEGIAN TEACHERS UNION = NORSK LÆRERLAG

NORWEGIAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION = DEN NORSKE BANKFORENING

NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE COUNCIL = NORSK SPRÅKKRÅD

NORWEGIAN SAMI COUNCIL = NORSKE SAMERÅD

NORWEGIAN CONSUMER COUNCIL = FORBRUKERRÅDET

NORWEGIAN ARTS COUNCIL = NORSK KULTURRÅD

NORWEGIAN CULTURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS = NORSKE KUNST- OG KULTUHISTORISKE MUSEER

NORWEGIAN SOCIETY OF AUTHORS OF NON-FICTION = NORSK FAGLITTERÆR FORFATTERFORENING

NORWEGIAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH COUNCIL = STATENS BARNE- OG UNGDOMSRÅD

NORWEGIAN COOPERATIVE UNION AND WHOLESALE SOCIETY = NORGES KOOPERATIVE LANDSFORENING

NORWEGIAN FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS = LANDSORGANISASJONEN I NORGE (LO)

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMPOSERS = NORSK KOMPONISFORENING

NORWEGIAN UNION OF ACTORS = NORSK SKUESPILLERFORBUND

NORWEGIAN FEDERATION OF CULTURAL SECTOR EMPLOYEES = LANDSFORENING FOR OFFENTLIG ANSATTE I KULTURSEKTOREN

NORWEGIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION = NORSKE AVISERS LANDSFORBUND

NORWEGIAN BROADCASTING CIRCLE = KRINGKASTINGSRINGEN

NORWEGIAN COUNCIL OF ARTISTS = NORGES KUNSTNERRÅD

NORWEGIAN UNION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS = NORGES FOTOGRAFFORBUND

NORWEGIAN BALLET UNION = NORSK BALLETTFORBUND

NORWEGIAN MARKETING FEDERATION = NORGES MARKEDSFORBUND

NORWEGIAN SOCIETY OF AUTHORS = DEN NORSKE FORFATTERFORENING

NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR FILM STUDIES = STATENS STUDIESENTER FOR FILM

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA RESEARCHERS = NORSK MEDIEFORSKERLAG

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF CINEMA MANAGERS = NORSKE KINOSJEFERS FORBUND

NORWEGIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATION = NORGES IDRETTSFORBUND

NORWEGIAN SOCIETY OF YOUTH LITERATURE = UNGDOMSLITTERATURENS FORFATTERLAG

NORWEGIAN UNION OF JOURNALISTS = NORSK JOURNALISTLAG

NORWEGIAN MUSIC COUNCIL = STATENS MUSIKKRÅD

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRANSLATORS = NORSK OVERSETTERFORENING

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF FILM- AND VIDEO PRODUCERS = NORSKE FILM OG VIDEOGRAMPRODUSENTERS FORENING

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF = NORGES DØVEFORBUND

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF FILM WORKERS = NORSK FILMFORMBUND

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSICIANS = NORSK MUSIKERFORBUND

NORWEGIAN SAMI SOCIETY = NORSKE SAMERS RIKSFORBUND

NORWEGIAN JAZZFEDERATION = NORSK JAZZFORBUND

NORWEGIAN PRESS FEDERATION = NORSK PRESSEFORBUND

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF ADVERTISING AGENCIES = REGISTRERTE REKLAMEBYRÅERS FORENING

OSLO CATHOLIC CHURCH = OSLO KATOLSKE BISPEDØMME

SOCIETY FOR ONE NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE = LANDSLAGET FOR SPRÅKLIG SAMLING

SONG AND MUSIC COUNCIL OF NORWAY = NORGES SANG OG MUSIKKRÅD

SONG AND MUSIC COUNCIL IN THE COUNTY OF NORDLAND = NORDLAND SANG OG MUSIKKRÅD

STATENS INFORMASJONSTJENESTE = STATE INFORMATION BUREAU

THEATRE COUNCIL OF NORWAY = TEATERRÅDET

TONO = NORWEGIAN PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETY

UNION OF LOCAL COUNCILS = NORSKE KOMMUNERS SENTRALFORBUND

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN = UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

UNIVERSITY OF TRONDHEIM = UNIVERSITETET I TRONDHEIM

UNIVERSITY OF OSLO = UNIVERSITETET I OSLO

8 LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS

16 COUNTY COUNCILS = 16 FYLKER

92 MUNICIPAL COUNCILS LOCAL BOROUGHS = 92 KOMMUNER

 

 

E. BBC Publications

BBC Annual Reports:

BBC Annual Report and Handbook): 1927 - 1987

BBC Annual Report and Accounts: 1986/87 - 1990/91

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BBC (1971) Principles and Practice in News and Current Affairs.

BBC (1982) Guide to the BBC (appendix to BBC Annual Report and Handbook 1982)

BBC (1982) The Cable Debate. The BBC's Reaction to the Hunt Report (press release/summary only).

BBC (1985) Priorities for the future (summary/press release only).

BBC (1986) Main Evidence (Evidence to the Peacock Enquiry).

BBC (1988a) 'Memorandum', pp. 287-90 in Home Affairs Committee (1988b), The Future of Broadcasting vol. 2: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.

BBC (1988b) BBC the Next Five Years (Summary/press release only).

BBC (1989a) Broadcasting in the Nineties. The BBC's Response to the White Paper on the Future of Broadcasting.

BBC (1989b) Producers Guidelines.

BBC (1990) Funding the future (summary/press release only).

 

 

F. NRK Publications

 

NRK Annual Report (NRK Årbok): 1934 - 1985.

NRK Facts and Figures (NRK Tall og Fakta): 1986 - 1990.

NRK Reports to Parliament: NRK 1987-88, NRK 1988-90, NRK 1989-91, NRK 1990-92.

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NRK Annual Report (1934) Melding om programtjenesten i Norsk Rikskringkasting 1.7.33-30.6.34. Appendix to St.prop. nr. 1 1935 (kap. 1114).

NRK (1975) Programregler med kommentarer, fastsatt av kringkastingssjefen 3/11 1975, Oslo, NRK. Revidert 1982 og 1990.

NRK (1982a) Norsk rikskringkasting i en ny mediesituasjon.

NRK (1982b) Programregler med kommentarer.

NRK (1983) Betalingsfjernsyn (BTV): Norsk Rikskringkastings forslag til gjennomføring av betalingsfjernsyn i NRK-regi.

NRK (1985a) NRK-fjernsynet med to kanaler: Utredning og forslag om et tokanal-system.

NRK (1985b) NOU 1985:11 - Høringsuttalelse.

NRK (1987a) NRK mot år 2000.

NRK (1987b) NRK's framtid: Oppgaver og tiltak. Letter to The Ministry of Culture 19.6.1987.

NRK (1988a) NRK Prosess.

NRK (1988b) NRK Bedriftutvikling: Høringsutkast med styringsgruppens anbefalinger. Oslo: NRK. 20.12.

NRK (1990) Programregler med kommentarer.

NRK (1991) Fakta om NRK.

 

 

G. European publications

European Commission (1984) Television Without Frontiers, Green Paper on the Establishment of the Common Market for Broadcasting Especially by Satellite and Cable. COM (84) 300 Final 1/2.

European Communities Economic and Social Committee (1985) Opinion on the Green Paper on the Establishment of the Common Market for Broadcasting Especially by Satellite and Cable. CES (85) 776.

European Commission (1989) Rådets direktiv om samordning af visse love og administrative bestemmelser i medlemsstaterne vedrørende udøvelse av tv-radiospredningsvirksomhed. (89/552/EØF). De Europæiske Fælleskabers Tidende, nr. L 298/23.

Council of Europe (1989) European Convention on Transfrontier Television. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

 

 

H. Journals, newspapers and magazines

I have referred to the following journals, newspapers and magazines in the text.

 

General publications:

Aftenposten, Oslo

Bergens Tidende, Bergen

Dagbladet, Oslo

Evening Standard, London

Financial Times, London

Guardian, London and Manchester

Independent, London

Journalisten, Oslo

Klassekampen, Oslo

Newsweek, Washington

Nytt fra Norge, Oslo

Observer, London

Scanorama, Stockholm

Sunday Times, London

Sunday Correspondent, London

VG, Oslo

 

Media and broadcasting:

Broadcast, London (International Thomson Business Publishing)

Listener, London (BBC)

Nordisk Medienyt, København (Nordisk Ministerråd)

Omkring NRK, Oslo (NRK)

Programbladet, Oslo

Tidssignalet, Oslo (NRK)

Uke-Omkring, Oslo (NRK)

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