Netflix nations : the geography of digital distribution /

How streaming services and internet distribution have transformed global television culture. Television, once a broadcast medium, now also travels through our telephone lines, fiber optic cables, and wireless networks. It is delivered to viewers via apps, screens large and small, and media players o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lobato, Ramon (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:	Critical cultural communication.
Subjects:	Netflix (Firm) Video-on-demand. Streaming video. Television broadcasting. International broadcasting. Television Vidéo à la demande. Vidéo en continu. Télévision. Radiodiffusion internationale. streaming video. television (telecommunication system) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications. International broadcasting Streaming video Television broadcasting Video-on-demand Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

What is Netflix?
Transnational television: from broadcast to broadband
The infrastructures of streaming
Making global markets
Content, catalogs, and cultural imperialism
The proxy wars.