Mike van Esler

Media Libraries in an Age of Unending Consumption

A Bottomless Pit

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Mike Van Esler examines how film and television libraries satisfy not only audience demand, but also corporate expansion mandates, private equity investors, tech companies, streaming service operators, and more. Scholars of media studies, business, and sociology will find this book of particular interest.

Produktdetails

• Studies in New Media
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781666927719
• ISBN-10: 1666927716
• Artikelnr.: 69077303

Autorenporträt

Mike Van Esler is associate professor of radio, television, and film at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Foundations of Media Libraries
Chapter 1: Film Libraries Before Streaming: A General History
Chapter 2: New Trends in Media Library Management
Chapter 3: The Deep Library: Emerging Media Business Models in the
Streaming Era
Chapter 4: 'It's Much More Than Linear Entertainment': Streaming Service
Anime Strategies and Imagined Audiences
Chapter 5: Discourses of Distinction: Comparing and Contrasting Cable
Television Networks and Streaming Services Through Original Productions
Histories
Conclusion: The Future of Media Libraries
Bibliography
About the Author