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Not Yet the Post-TV Era: Network and MVPD Adaptation to Emergent Distribution Technologies
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Abstract Television as a medium is in transition. From DVRs, to Netflix, to HBO Now, consumers have never before had such control over how they consume televisual content. The rapid changes to the medium have led to rhetoric heralding the impending
“post-TV era.” Looking at the ways that legacy television c... mehr
Television as a medium is in transition. From DVRs, to Netflix, to HBO Now, consumers have never before had such control over how they consume televisual content. The rapid changes to the medium have led to rhetoric heralding the impending
“post-TV era.” Looking at the ways that legacy television companies have adapted to new technologies and cultural practices suggests that rather than traditional television going the way of radio, television as a medium is actually not terribly different, at least not enough to conclude that we have entered a new era. Press releases, discursive practices by the news media, corporate structures and investments, and audience research all point to the rhetoric of post-TV as being overblown. By thinking about contemporary television as being in transition, greater emphasis and attention can be placed on the role that major media conglomerates play in developing, funding, and legitimizing new forms of television distribution, in addition to co-opting disruptive technologies and business models while hindering others. (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Fernsehen; audiovisuelle Medien; Massenmedien; Medienwirtschaft; neue Medien; Online-Dienst; Mediendienst; Pay-TV; Video on Demand; Internet; technischer Wandel; Digitalisierung; Vertrieb
Klassifikation
Rundfunk, Telekommunikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Medienökonomie, Medientechnik
Freie Schlagwörter
Netflix; over-the-top; streaming
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 131-141
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 4 (2016) 3
Heftthema
(Not Yet) The End of Television
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)