Streaming Video

“Reveals the power of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services to commission stories that matter, and highlights Lotz and Lobato’s prowess in commissioning cutting-edge, impactful research. The chapters they have collected in this book are essential reading for anyone serious about contemporary media industries and global production cultures.” (Derek Johnson, University of Wisconsin–Madison) “If you really want to understand the impact of SVOD on contemporary global culture, then read this book. Streaming Video unpacks the complex interplay of the national and the global that underpins SVOD’s impact on storytelling practices. It offers a truly international perspective—with case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East chosen by leading and emerging scholars—that expands the scope and scale of contemporary studies of streaming media.” (Catherine Johnson, author of Online TV) “The collection’s attention to the aforementioned Western companies adeptly demonstrates how they commission media that simultaneously embody local specificity and multinational potential…Altogether, the collection underlines the compelling interplay between global and local SVODs, library offerings, production cultures, and sociocultural contexts.” (Choice Connect)

Amanda D. Lotz (Editor)

Amanda D. Lotz is Professor in the Digital Media Research Center at Queensland University of Technology and the author and editor of several books, including Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of Subscriber-funded Video on Demand, Media Disrupted: Surviving Pirates, Cannibals, and Streaming Wars and The Television Will Be Revolutionized, Second Edition.

Ramon Lobato (Editor)

Ramon Lobato is Associate Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne. He is the author of Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution and Shadow Economies of Cinema: Mapping Informal Film Distribution.