World cinema on demand : global film cultures in the era of online distribution /: global film cultures in the era of online distribution. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Stefano Baschiera and Alexander Fisher.
• Editors: Fisher, Alexander; Baschiera, Stefano
• Contents: List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Stefano Baschiera (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Alexander Fisher (Queen's University Belfast, UK) -- PART 1: The Limits of Disintermediation: Problems of Gatekeeping -- 1. Shifting Gatekeepers: Power and Influence in Informal Online Film Distribution / Virginia Crisp (King's College London, UK) -- 2. Cinephile File Sharing: Informal Distribution, Plural Canons and Digital Film Archives / Angela Meili (State University of Paraná, Brazil) -- 3. Bridges, Streams and Dams: The Multiple Negotiated Strategies of Distribution and Access in Latin American Cinema / Niamh Thornton (University of Liverpool, UK) -- PART 2: Streaming in National and Transnational Contexts -- 4. Netflix in Europe: The National in Global SVOD Services / Stefano Baschiera (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Valentina Re (Link Campus University, Italy) -- 5. Danmaku Commenting: A New Interaction Experience on China's Video Streaming Sites / Yuanyuan Chen (University of Ulster, UK) and Rebecca Crawford (University of Ulster, UK) -- 6. Turkish Online Distribution: Fighting for Indie Filmmaking in a Neoliberal and Censored Context / Murat Akser (University of Ulster, UK) -- 7. India's Online Streaming Revolution: Global Over-the-Top (OTT) Platforms, Film Spectatorship, and the Ecosystem of Indian Cinemas / Nandana Bose (Independent Scholar, USA) -- PART 3: Global transformations. Case Study: Africa -- 8. Curating Africa Online: The Impact of Digital Technologies on the Consumption of African Audio-visual Content / Justine Atkinson (University of Glasgow, UK) and Lizelle Bisschoff (University of Glasgow, UK) -- 9. Reset Mode: African Digital Video Films as Expanded Cinema / Sheila Petty (University of Regina, Canada) -- 10. Netflix and Africa: Streaming, Branding and Tastemaking in Non-domestic African Film Markets / Alexander Fisher (Queen's University Belfast, UK) -- Index
• Publisher Details: London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 333.3387; Motion pictures -- Distribution; Motion pictures -- Marketing; Motion picture industry; Streaming technology (Telecommunications); Webcasts as Topic; Distribution des films; Cinéma -- Industrie; En continu (Télécommunications); Films, cinema, Film production: technical & background skills, Cinema industry; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures -- Distribution; Motion pictures -- Marketing; Streaming technology (Telecommunications); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501348624; 1501348620; 9781501348600; 1501348604
• Related ISBNs: 9781501392399; 9781501348594
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