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Media Made Easy: Platforms and the Rise of Media-as-a-Service
Emily West / University of Massachusetts Amherst

October 10, 2022 Emily West / University of Massachusetts Amherst One comment

Emily West details the shift towards the consumption of media-as-a-service and its implications for audience subjectivity in the streaming era.

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From Network Syndicator to Adult Disney: A Brief History Of Hulu
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University

June 3, 2021 Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University 2 comments

Eleanor Patterson analyzes Hulu’s initial aim of adapting broadcast distribution logics into streaming distribution and the service’s contemporary shift to an “Adult Disney” service.

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Tape Trading Professional Wrestling and the History of TV Distribution
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University

December 4, 2020 Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University 2 comments

Using professional wrestling as a case study to analyze unofficial broadcast distribution, Eleanor Patterson analyzes the role of tape trading and fan communities to the circulation of pro-wrestling media.

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Over*Flow: Coronavirus: How Hollywood Studios and Online Video Platforms Are Responding
Roderik Smits / Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

April 21, 2020 Roderik Smits / Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF One comment

Roderik Smits considers how online streaming and transactional platforms have responded to the mass closure of movie theaters during the Covid-19 health crisis.

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Rethinking the Legacy of MVPDs Through Content Aggregation
Mike Van Esler / University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

March 2, 2020 Mike Van Esler / University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Leave a comment

Mike Van Esler considers the role of content aggregators and offers an ecological framework that focuses on the supraplatforms of the streaming media industry.

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Over*Flow: Festival of Disruption: A Report from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
Sarah E. S. Sinwell / University of Utah

February 11, 2020 Sarah E. S. Sinwell / University of Utah Leave a comment

Sarah E. S. Sinwell reflects on Sundance 2020’s biggest films and distribution deals, as well the diversity of the directors at the festival.

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A Public Records Request Rabbit Hole in the Study of Nontheatrical Distribution
Finley Freibert / Independent Scholar

November 28, 2019 Finley Freibert / Independent Scholar One comment

Finley Freibert reveals the challenges of accessing public records and telling the history of gay, nontheatrical film distributor, John Samuel Bridges, in 1960s San Francisco.

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Mass Reach After Mass Media
Josh Braun / University of Massachusetts Amherst

November 27, 2018 Josh Braun / University of Massachusetts Amherst 2 comments

Joshua Braun explores the relationship between distribution and conceptions of the public, from early postal networks to social media, and discusses the growing disconnect between inclusive public interest and the market-driven logics that propel corporate interests.

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Live Piracy: New/Old Directions in TV Flow
Evan Elkins/ Colorado State University

October 2, 2017 Evan Elkins / Colorado State University One comment

Evan Elkins discusses live television piracy, questions its disruptive power, and contrasts it with former understandings of media piracy and televisual flow.

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TV Finales: Rethinking the Cliffhanger
Casey McCormick / McGill University

October 24, 2016 Casey McCormick / McGill University 6 comments

Casey McCormick analyzes the relationship of the season finale cliffhanger to the economic, formal, and fandom elements of television, focusing in particular on the season 6 finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead.

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The Cost of Convenience: Exclusive Licensing and Subscription Video On Demand
Karen Petruska / University of California, Santa Barbara

March 1, 2015 Karen Petruska / UC Santa Barbara One comment

As television audiences become fragmented, questions regarding distribution of content are legion.

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