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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300020003321

Autore

Evens Tom

Titolo

Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets / / by Tom Evens, Karen Donders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-74246-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business, , 2634-6192

Disciplina

384.55

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Digital media

Journalism

Film/TV Technology

Digital/New Media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Planet Of The Platforms -- 2. From Local Utility To Global Commodity, Case Liberty Global: All Along The Value Chain -- 3. Game Of Screens, Case Netflix: Turning Data Into Content -- 4. Power To The Platforms, Case Hulu: Partners In Crime -- 5. The Retransmission Swamp, Case Fox Networks: The Howling Wolf -- 6. Regulating The Retransmission Swamp, Case Aereo, Bhaalu And Friends: Copyright In The Cloud -- 7. Policing The Platforms, Case Time Warner + AT&T: A Great Deal -- 8.Conclusion: Winner Takes It All.

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to investigate ‘platform power’ in the multi-platform era and unravels the evolution of power structures in the TV industry as a result of platformisation. Multiple TV platforms and modes of distribution are competing–not necessarily in a zero-sum game–to control the market. In the volume, the contributors work to extend established ‘platform theory’ to the TV industry, which has become increasingly organised as a platform economy. The book helps to understand how platform power arises in the industry, how it destabilises international relations, and how it is used in the global



media value chain. Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets contributes to the growing field of media industry studies, and draws on scholarly work in communication, political economy and public policy whilst providing a deeper insight into the transformation of the TV industry from an economic, political and consumer level. Avoiding a merely legal analysis from a technology-driven perspective, the book provides a critical analysis of the dominant modes of power within the evolving structures of the global TV value chain. .