Koko illan ilo? Kolmoskanava ja television kaupallistuminen Suomessa
Publisher: Finnish Literature Society / SKS
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: fin
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9789522229878; 9789522223395; 9789522229885
Subjects: Radio & television industry; Media, information & communication industries
Description: ?Channel Three will entertain you when television gets too serious?, the new entrant in Finland?s broadcast television announced proudly at its launch in 1986. Channel Three was the first fully commercial television channel in the Nordic countries, founded and owned by a group of odd bedfellows: the public broadcaster YLE, its long standing commercial companion MTV and a growing electronics giant Nokia. The plans to start a commercial TV station were first severely opposed by leading politicians, but it was finally approved as a means to fight back international satellite channels and the efforts of major newspaper companies to enter the television market. Drawing from media policy studies and based on archive documents, contemporary media coverage and interviews of the main actors, the book provides a thorough analysis of the stages of Channel Three, indicating how it, despite its short lifespan, contributed profoundly to the commercialization and marketization of television in Finland.
Notes: Kirjastokonsortio Aleksandria and SKS

Finnish.