Online TV

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With growth in access to high-speed broadband and 4G, and increased ownership of smartphones, tablets and internet-connected television sets, the internet has simultaneously begun to compete with and transform television. Online TV argues that these changes create the conditions for an emergent internet era that challenges the language and concepts that we have to talk about television as a medium. In a wide-ranging analysis, Catherine Johnson sets out a series of conceptual frameworks designed to provide a clearer language with which to analyse the changes to television in the internet era and to bring into focus the power dynamics of the online TV industry. From providing definitions of online TV and the online TV industry, to examining the ways in which technology, rights, interfaces and algorithms are used to control and constrain access to audiovisual content, Online TV is a timely intervention into debates about contemporary internet and television cultures. A must-read for any students, scholars and practitioners who want to understand and analyse the ways in which television is intertwining with and being transformed by the internet. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. From broadcast to online TV Introduction Conceptualising television as a medium: a framework How to read this book Notes Bibliography 2. Defining online TV Introduction Approaching television in the internet era Defining online TV At the boundaries of online TV services: platforms and products Conclusion Notes Bibliography 3. Online TV industry and technologies Introduction Mapping the online TV industry Online TV technologies: ubiquity, interoperability and incompatibility Conclusion Notes Bibliography 4. Online TV content production and distribution Introduction Online TV and content production Online TV and content distribution Conclusion Notes Bibliography 5. Online TV interfaces Introduction Defining online TV interfaces Online TV interfaces and the illusion of control: beyond the linear/nonlinear divide Conclusion Notes Bibliography 6. Online TV data and algorithms Introduction Data and online TV Algorithms and online TV The uses of data and algorithms by online TV services Conclusion Notes Bibliography Conclusion: the volatility of online TV Note Bibliography Glossary Index