SMIT - Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication

TIM RAATS
Researcher
Tim graduated magna cum laude in Communication Sciences at the Free University of Brussels. In his master thesis he analysed and evaluated the European support mechanisms for the television production sector in Flanders. During his studies, he did an internship for the European Producers association ‘Eurocinema’. In 2007, he joined SMIT as a junior researcher, where he has been working on the IBBT-project PoKuMOn. In 2008, Tim started working as a PhD aspirant for FWO-Vlaanderen, conducting research on the role of Public Service Broadcasting in a networked media ecology. In his PhD, Tim aims to conceptualise Public Service Media’s role as a platform, as an indispensable link in a networked constellation, by setting out from an analysis of PSB’s past, current and future cultural remit. Tim’s scientific fields of interest include various Public Service broadcasting issues: independent production and commissioning, partnership strategies, intellectual property issues and the incorporation of the audience as genuine stakeholder for Public broadcasters. Tim is also student assistant for the Media Economy and Media Policy courses in 2nd Bachelor at the Free University of Brussels.
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	Policy Studies


	Stakeholderbevraging VRT, BOM-VL, ICT en cultuurparticipatie, Pokumon


	Jongeren en de VRT: clichés spuien en slikken? (2011) Analyzing national practices after European State and control: are multi-stakeholder negotiations beneficial for public service broadcasting? (2011) Public Service Media and Public Service Partnerships: beyond the hype. Providing tools for sustainable PSM business models. (2011) 'A partnership agenda for Pax Media?' Exploring public-private cooperation strategies in the Flemish broadcasting sector (2011) New management practices and the public broadcaster's cultural remit: a means to an end or an end in itself? (2011) Virtual Utopia versus Digital Reality: The Limitations of Cultural Content in an Online Environment (2011) The Cultural Remit once again revisited. Towards a 21st-century-proof Public Broadcaster, Conceptualizing Public Service Broadcasting's role as a hub in a networked society (2010) Back to basics: naar een 21ste eeuwse culturele opdracht voor de publieke omroep als hub. (2010) Cooperation and Partnerships in Public Service Media: regained legitimacy or business model utopia? Lessons from a geographic-comparative analysis (2010) ... [Another 5 publications]