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Polish Culture? World on Fire, Transnational Coproduction and the Inscription of Cultural Specificity
This chapter studies the BBC/PBS coproduction World on Fire (2019–present) as an example of new high-end transnational television drama that...
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Multiplatform TV, the Cultural Diversification of High-End Drama, and New Coproduction Strategies
This chapter examines key elements of the institutional, economic, and industrial contexts that are fuelling the cultural diversification of...
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It’s a Sin: Cross-Platform Coproduction, Cultural Specificity, and Conflicting Cultures
This chapter examines cultural specificity in the context of a ‘cross-platform’ approach to transnational coproduction. The case study is British...
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Unseen Particles in Time: Co-producing Transcultural Memory as a Discourse of TV Legitimacy Within the Sky/HBO Miniseries TV Event, Chernobyl (2019)
“Unseen Particles in Time” considers what it is to produce a mediated transcultural memory as historic witness of Chernobyl within the context of a...
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TV Drama in the Multiplatform Era Transnational Coproduction and Cultural Specificity
This edited collection examines a new phase in the creation of transnational high-end drama in television’s current multiplatform era. Fuelled by the...
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Script Development from the Inside Looking Out: Telling a Transnational Story in the Australian Films 33 Postcards (Chan, 2011) and Strange Colours (Lodkina, 2017)
The telling of stories that reach global audiences is a defining characteristic of screenwriting and script development today. This chapter...
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Nordic Noir with an Icelandic Twist: Establishing a Shared Space for Collaboration Within European Coproduction
This chapter explores script development and writing within the context of European coproduction. Through a case study of Icelandic crime drama...
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Transnationalising the Franchise
This chapter considers the ‘transnational streaming franchise’ and the textual networks Netflix builds within the platform. This chapter discusses...
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Freedom of Defection: The Representation of Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Netflix’s Unorthodox
With the release of the limited serial Unorthodox in March 2020, Netflix landed a big hit. It was only the second time that a high-end drama series...
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Magnífica 70: HBO’s Portrayal of the Brazilian Boca do Lixo Cinema
This chapter analyzes the Brazilian drama series Magnífica 70 (HBO, 2015–18) as one that introduces an essential chapter of Brazil’s cinema history...
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SVOD Production in East-Central Europe: Understanding the ‘Streamer Imaginaries’ of Independent Producers
Transnational SVOD services have been redefining and, in many ways, reinforcing centre-periphery hierarchies in the global screen media industries...
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Les de l’Hoquei/The Hockey Girls: From a Catalan Bachelor’s Degree Project to Netflix
Les de l’Hoquei/The Hockey Girls (TV3/Netflix, 2019–present) is a Catalan feminist television drama series that revolves around a women’s roller...
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Multilingual Adaptations
The Rozdział/Chapter focuses on processes and performances related to adaptations of national texts, which use multilingualism to shift the cogs of...
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Netflix and Borgen: A Match Made in…?
US-owned but globally ambitious subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have become increasingly involved in different stages of the production...
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From “King of Mandopop” to the New “Kato”: Jay Chou’s Transnational Stardom and His Brand of Coolness
This chapter probes the vocal and lingual performances of Jay Chou, a top-selling Taiwanese musician who ventured in Hollywood as a film...
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El Robo del Siglo/The Great Heist: Perpetuating False Territorial Dichotomies in Colombia?
This chapter examines El Robo del Siglo/The Great Heist (2020), a Colombian high-end limited serial that was commissioned by Netflix. This drama...
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“Why Don’t We Do Television Like That in the UK?”: Promotional and Paratextual Strategies in the Transnational Branding of Nordic Noir
This chapter explores the concept of Nordic noir as a promotional tool. The concept now operates as a free-floating signifier for user...
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Moving across Platforms and Cultures: From BBC to Syfy to Amazon Prime: The Adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle
This chapter details the complex history behind the commissioning and production of an adaptation of Dick’s The Man in the High Castle by Amazon...
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Coproduction
Coproductions create highly ambivalent funding models that support market realities but may not necessarily help develop opportunities for film with...
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Not So Niche: Innovation, Access, and Opportunity in the (Ibero) American Mediascape
This chapter offers a brief overview of the development of SLTV since the first satellite transmissions, with attention to intermedial changes and...