It is our great pleasure to present this special issue in honour of Sonja de Leeuw, one of the founding members of the journal. The issue brings together articles that honour Sonja’s inspiring contributions to television history and television historiography to mark her pathbreaking engagement with, and achievements within, the field of digital television heritage. The launch of this issue coincided with the symposium The Many Lives of Europe’s Audiovisual Heritage Online, held at Utrecht University on May 16th, 2018, the day of Sonja’s farewell lecture. Support comes from the projects MediaDNA & DARIAH-EU.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Editorial
Editorial – Alexander Badenoch, Jasmijn van Gorp, Berber Hagedoorn, Judith Keilbach, Eggo Müller and Dana Mustata.
Discoveries
Did Grace Kelly Shed a Tear? The Monegasque Royal Wedding as a Disruptive Television Event – John Ellis
"Great Stuff!" British Pathé’s YouTube Channel and Curatorial Strategies for Audiovisual Heritage in a Commercial Ecosystem – Eggo Müller
Crossing the Theory-Practice Divide: A Multi-Perspective Reflection on a Practical Course for Film and Television Students – Willemien Sanders
Because His Bike Stood There: Visual Documents, Visible Evidence and the Discourse of Documentary – Frank Kessler
Keepin Up the Live: Recorded Television as Live Experience – Karin van Es Televisual Satire in the Age of Glocalization: The Case of Zondag met Lubach – Ivo Nieuwenhuis
Explorations
Is the End of Television Coming to an End? – Jérôme Bourdon
TV on the Radio/Radio on Television: European Television Heritage as a Source for Understanding Radio History – Alexander Badenoch and Berber Hagendoorn
‘Failed Interviews’: Doing Television History with Women – Dana Mustata
What Is Not in the Archive: Teaching Television History in the Digital Humanities Era – Jasmijn van Gorp and Rosita Kiewik
‘On the Road Again’: An EMA-Journey to the Origins of Transnational Television in Europe – Andreas Fickers, Andy ‘O Dwyer and Alexandre Germain