[Commlist] Screen Industries in East-Central Europe (SIECE) Conference ‘Public Service Media’s Online Strategies: Industry Concepts And Critical Investigations'

A reminder that the Eighth Annual Screen Industries in East-Central 
Europe Conference (SIECE) on 'Public Service Media’s Online Strategies' 
will be held at the National Film Archive (Ponrepo Cinema) in Prague on 
22-23 November 2019.

The Eighth Annual Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Conference 
(SIECE) is providing a forum for discussing the online strategies of 
public service broadcasters and their possible transformations into a 
new kind of media services. While critical studies of television in the 
internet era and of online distribution of audiovisual content more 
generally have boomed in recent years, there has not been enough 
attention paid to the specific challenges and opportunities that the 
internet brings to public service media (PSM). This is even more the 
case in the small countries of Central and Eastern Europe where PSM have 
generally limited their online presence to catch-up services and are 
still looking for more complex solutions to keep up with commercial and 
global competition. They face enormous difficulties ranging from 
outdated legal frameworks and financing models, a lack of skills in 
digital curation or data analytics, unpredictable changes in consumer 
habits, the impact of social media platforms, and political attacks 
trying to take advantage of PSM’s insecure position. At the same time, 
the convergence of television and the internet presents opportunities 
for new business models, modes of audience engagement, and 
conceptualisations of public value. The SIECE VIII brings together 
international scholars of online TV with media professionals to draw a 
picture of the situation, its roots and contexts, and possible scenarios 
for future development within East-Central Europe and beyond.

Keynote speakers:
Prof. Catherine Johnson (University of Huddersfield): ‘Online TV: 
Television as (Public?) Service in the Internet Era’
Dr. Thomas Poell (University of Amsterdam): ‘Platforms, Values & Public 
Service Media’

For further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2523353837778815/

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