The Anglo-American media constitute one of the world's most familiar but least analyzed alliances. Is Britain a Trojan Horse for American media in Europe? No more so than the other larger European countries, the author of this work argues. Spanning a range of media, this text explores the alliance.

Introduction; I: BRITAIN AND OTHER AMERICAN MEDIA ADVANTAGES; 1. The USA as Popular Culture Number One; 2. Brits on the Anglo-American team; 3. Hollywood Genre Menu; 4. Multiplication of Video Channels and Programming; 5. Washington as Media Policy Umpire and Commercial Booster; 6. Bulking up for Digital: the Vertical Imperative; II: BRITAIN AS MEDIA NUMBER TWO TO THE USA; 7. Britain as Number Two in the Anglo-American Media; 8. World News Duopoly; 9. Public Service Broadcasting; 10. British Popular Music and the BBC; 11. Book Publishing: US-UK Merger; 12. Advertising Agencies; III: BRITAIN AS FILM, TELEVISION AND PRESS COLONY; 13. Hollywood and British Media Subordination; 14. Non-Citizen Press Moguls: Feuds and Foreign Policy; 15. British Broadcasting Containment and Competition; 16. Mrs Thatcher's Farewell Waive, Skys Satellite and Cable Monopoly; 17. Will a British BBC Survive Until 2022?; IV: EUROPE ADDS DEREGULATION TO MEDIA NATIONALISM; 18. France and the Germany Copy Italian Accident: Britain Follows Later; 19. Television Without Frontiers: Brussels Misreads US Satellites and British Privatization; 20. A Policy for Film Auteurs, But None for Hollywood; 21. Sports Media: Advantage Europe, Game USA; 22. Smaller Countries: Media Nationalism Multiplied; V: CONCLUSIONS; 23. A Win for US Media, Not USA; 24. Britain's Anglo-American Meda Mirage; 25. Towards Euro- and Anglo-American Media; Bibliography; Index