Global Television Distribution: Implications of TV “Traveling” for Viewers, Fans, and Texts

Global Television Distribution: Implications of TV “Traveling” for Viewers, Fans, and Texts

This article focuses on the sale and purchase of TV programs and formats at international trade fairs and its implications for our understanding of global television audiences, fans, and texts. Through analytic engagement with the core concept of flow, the authors explore three related issues: (a) h...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) 2005-03, Vol.48 (7), p.902-920
Hauptverfasser: Harrington, C. Lee, Bielby, Denise D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Audience
Audiences
Behavioural sciences
Broadcasting
Consumers
Consumption
Culture
Distribution channels
Human behaviour
International trade
Media studies
Nielsen ratings
Popular culture
Studies
Television
Television programming
Television programs
Television syndication
Television viewing
Trade shows
Travel
Viewers
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Zusammenfassung:This article focuses on the sale and purchase of TV programs and formats at international trade fairs and its implications for our understanding of global television audiences, fans, and texts. Through analytic engagement with the core concept of flow, the authors explore three related issues: (a) how viewers and fans are positioned in distribution practices, (b) the ease through which various televisual elements travel through the distribution process, and (c) the limitations of a conceptual reliance on“traveling”discourses to our understanding of global TV trade.
ISSN:0002-7642
1552-3381
DOI:10.1177/0002764204273175