The advent of subscriber-funded, direct-to-consumer, streaming video services has
important implications for video distribution around the globe. Conversations about …

Netflix and Streaming Video is the first book to provide a comprehensive foundation for
understanding the business of subscriber-funded streaming video and its implications for the …

Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory,
media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of …

INTRODUCTION most trusted (by 82 per cent), while international satellite TV news was
trusted by 56 per cent of those surveyed, who also deemed TV the most 'important'news …

Jonathan Bignell is Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading. He is the
Director of the Centre for Television Drama Studies, established in 2000 to develop research …

Netflix and other transnational online video streaming services are disrupting long-
established arrangements in national television systems around the world. In this paper we …

Television Studies provides an overview of the origins, central ideas, and intellectual
traditions of this exciting field. What have been the primary areas of inquiry in television …

In Network Nations, Michele Hilmes reveals and re-conceptualizes the roots of media
globalization through a historical look at the productive transnational cultural relationship …

Image and Representation is a clear and straight-talking introduction to two of the most
important concepts in film and media studies. Exploring media language and representation …

I should like to thank the AHRC and Manchester Metropolitan University which together
funded a period of leave to research and write this book. In particular I thank Prof. Stephen …