Global TV

by Bielby, Denise D.

• ISBN13: 9780814799420
• ISBN10: 0814799426
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-17
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

"Programs from different countries are packaged, bought, and sold all over the world, under the watch of an industry that is extraordinarily lucrative for major studios and production companies. In Global TV, Denise D. Bielby and C. Lee Harrington seek to understand the machinery of this marketplace, its origins and history, its inner workings, and its product management. In so doing, they are led to explore the cultural significance of this global trade, and to ask how it is so remarkably successful despite the inherent cultural differences between shows and local audiences."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

C. Lee Harrington is professor of Sociology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Denise D. Bielby is professor of Sociology and affiliated faculty in Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Syndication Market in U.S. Television	p. 22
Television in the Global Market	p. 37
The (Continued) Relevance of Genre	p. 66
Managing Television's Cultural Properties	p. 101
Discourses of Distribution: Circuit Models of Television	p. 144
Conclusion: Television's Culture World	p. 175
Methodological Appendix	p. 183
Notes	p. 189
References	p. 227
Index	p. 253
About the Authors	p. 259
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