Co-producing Television Series: A Network Analysis of Co-producers and Distribution in Europe

TY - CONF

T1 - Co-producing Television Series

T2 - NordMedia 2017

AU - Lai, Signe Sophus

AU - Helles, Rasmus

PY - 2017/8/17

Y1 - 2017/8/17

N2 - Although Europe is still very much a fragmented audio-visual space of many nations and territories, there are also very clear patterns of co-production, creative collaboration and distribution. In this paper, we analyse which countries actually enter into creative or financial co-production networks based on data on TV-drama production and distribution among twelve countries. Not surprisingly we find regional and linguistic affinities in those networks, but some nations also come out with a very strong position in those networks, and across linguistic and regional divides. The paper provides a strong empirically grounded framework for the understanding of some of the basic structures behind mediated cultural encounters in Europe.

AB - Although Europe is still very much a fragmented audio-visual space of many nations and territories, there are also very clear patterns of co-production, creative collaboration and distribution. In this paper, we analyse which countries actually enter into creative or financial co-production networks based on data on TV-drama production and distribution among twelve countries. Not surprisingly we find regional and linguistic affinities in those networks, but some nations also come out with a very strong position in those networks, and across linguistic and regional divides. The paper provides a strong empirically grounded framework for the understanding of some of the basic structures behind mediated cultural encounters in Europe.

UR - http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/Conferences/NordMedia2017/Downloads/Division10_Abstracts.pdf

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 17 August 2017 through 19 August 2017

ER -