Television on demand : curatorial culture and the transformation of TV /

Television on demand : curatorial culture and the transformation of TV /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Robinson, MJ (Mary Jean), 1967- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xi, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Television broadcasting -- United States. Television broadcasting -- Technological innovations -- United States. Television viewers -- United States -- Attitudes. Television viewers -- Social aspects -- United States. Television broadcasting. Television broadcasting -- Technological innovations. Television viewers -- Attitudes. Television viewers -- Social aspects. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11290938

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ISBN:	9781441193988 1441193987 9781441148094 1441148094
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The rise of a curatorial culture where viewers create their own entertainment packages and select from a buffet of viewing options and venues has caused a seismic shift for the traditional television industry. Television on Demand examines how we have reached this present moment, and considers the viable future of this crucial culture industry. Today's viewers their own viewing schedules, wait to watch entire seasons in marathon viewing sessions and stream shows to their mobile devices. Since the beginning of broadcasting, radio and television producers have pushed their shows to audiences in controlled environments that end in a discrete and quantifiable site to be transformed into advertising rates. While audiences clamor for more story-driven and scripted entertainment, their new viewing habits undermine the dominant economic structures that fund quality episodic series. This leads to an empowered audience that realizes its means of control of how it consumes media, as well as a new way of looking at the industry we have traditionally and currently call 'television.' "-- "Interrogates the challenges facing the producers and distributors of America's episodic television in a world that increasingly encourages and enables customized, on demand viewing"--
Other form:	Online version: Robinson, MJ (Mary Jean), 1967- author. Television on demand New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 9781441111333

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Channeling, Curatorial Culture, and the Transformation of Television
Chapter 2. The Multichannel Environment, Spectrum Sale, and the Digital Conversion
Chapter 3. Audiences without Pity
Chapter 4. Nielsen and Its Discontents
Chapter 5. The Death of the Daypart, Genre Hybridity, and Programming for an On-Demand World
Chapter 6. Niche vs. Boutique at the Mall of TV
Chapter 7. Channeling the Future