Introduction: Media Distribution Today

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Introduction: Media Distribution Today 1
5. Section 1: Conceptualizing Distribution and Circulation
6. 1. Points of Origin: Asking Questions in Distribution Research 27
7. 2. Media Circulation: Reconceptualizing Television Distribution and Exhibition 47
8. 3. Reassessing the “Space in Between”: Distribution Studies in Transition 67
9. 4. Disingenuous Intermediaries: The Gatekeeping Power of Distributors and Publishers 87
10. 5. The Circulation Game: Shifting Production Logics and Circulation Moments in the Digital Games Industry 107
11. 6. Questioning the Content Supply Model: A Provocation 126
12. Section 2: Distribution Ecosystems and Cultures
13. 7. “Tech- Tonic” Shifts: The U.S. and China Models of Online Screen Distribution 145
14. 8. Language, Culture, and Streaming Video in India: The Pragmatics and Politics of Media Distribution 164
15. 9. “Sorry about That”: Hopes and Promises of Geoblocking’s End 183
16. 10. Global TV Markets and Digital Distribution 202
17. 11. Children’s Television in an Era of Digital Distribution: Arab and European Responses 222
18. 12. Distribution, Infrastructure, and Markets: SVOD Services in Latin America 242
19. 13. VOD: Formal Challengers for Nollywood’s Informal Domestic Market 259
20. 14. The King Is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm: MindGeek and the Digital Distribution of Adult Film 277
21. 15. Amazon and Automated Recommendations: Distribution and Discovery in the Book Trade 295
22. 16. Free, Bundled, or Personalized? Rethinking Price and Value in Digital Distribution 314
23. 17. “Every Day Should Be a Holiday”: Black Friday and the Importance of Retail in the Circulation of Media 335
24. Acknowledgments 353
25. Contributors 355
26. Index 363