TY - JOUR

T1 - Public service media, innovation policy and the ‘crowding out’ problem

AU - Herzog, Christian

AU - Meese, James

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.

PY - 2021/12/20

Y1 - 2021/12/20

N2 - Public service media organisations manage the challenges they face as they transition to a converged environment by innovating in the areas of distribution, programming, and engagement. Many commercial media companies critique public service innovation and argue that it is ‘crowding out’ the private market. Focusing on public service media organisations in Germany and Australia, this article examines the relationship between innovation, regulation and resilience. We argue that while the Australian model of innovation performs a vital role for the domestic media industry, it does not always contribute to the long-term resilience of individual innovations brought out by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Conversely, while innovation is hamstrung by layers of bureaucracy in Germany, once innovations developed by Second German Television are legally approved, they operate in a relatively uncontested manner. To explain the findings, we propose a comparative framework consisting of four factors: size, public/private divide, regulatory frameworks and legal traditions.

AB - Public service media organisations manage the challenges they face as they transition to a converged environment by innovating in the areas of distribution, programming, and engagement. Many commercial media companies critique public service innovation and argue that it is ‘crowding out’ the private market. Focusing on public service media organisations in Germany and Australia, this article examines the relationship between innovation, regulation and resilience. We argue that while the Australian model of innovation performs a vital role for the domestic media industry, it does not always contribute to the long-term resilience of individual innovations brought out by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Conversely, while innovation is hamstrung by layers of bureaucracy in Germany, once innovations developed by Second German Television are legally approved, they operate in a relatively uncontested manner. To explain the findings, we propose a comparative framework consisting of four factors: size, public/private divide, regulatory frameworks and legal traditions.

KW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

KW - comparative analysis

KW - crowding out

KW - innovation

KW - media policy

KW - media systems

KW - Public service media

KW - resilience

KW - Second German Television

KW - Media and communication studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121666473&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/22041451.2021.2013097

DO - 10.1080/22041451.2021.2013097

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85121666473

VL - 7

SP - 291

EP - 305

JO - Communication Research and Practice

JF - Communication Research and Practice

SN - 2206-3374

IS - 3

ER -