Covid-19 and public service media: Impact of the pandemic on public television in Europe Miguel Túñez-López; Martín Vaz-Álvarez; César Fieiras-Ceide Nota: Este artículo se puede leer en español en: http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/contenidos/2020/sep/tunez-vaz-fieiras_es.pdf How to cite this article: Túñez-López, Miguel; Vaz-Álvarez, Martín; Fieiras-Ceide, César (2020). “Covid-19 and public service media: Impact of the pandemic on public television in Europe”. Profesional de la información, v. 29, n. 5, e290518. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.sep.18 Manuscript received on 16th June 2020 Accepted on 11th August 2020 Miguel Túñez-López * Martín Vaz-Álvarez https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-9143 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4848-9795 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Facultade de Ciencias da Comunicación, Depto. de Ciencias de la Comunicación Depto. de Ciencias da Comunicación Av. de Castelao, s/n. Campus Norte Av. Castelao, s/n. Campus Norte 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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[email protected] Abstract This article analyses the response of European Public Service Media to the crisis caused by Covid-19, especially the impact of the pandemic on Europe’s major public broadcasters, with a particular focus on technical and professional constraints, alterations in audience volume and habits, production strategies, type of broadcast content and journalists’ routines.