Media Libraries in an Age of Unending Consumption - A Bottomless Pit

In this book, Mike Van Esler examines how film and television libraries satisfy not only audience demand, but also corporate expansion mandates, private equity investors, tech companies, streaming service operators, and more. Scholars of media studies, business, and sociology will find this book of particular interest.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Foundations of Media Libraries
Chapter 1: Film Libraries Before Streaming: A General History
Chapter 2: New Trends in Media Library Management
Chapter 3: The Deep Library: Emerging Media Business Models in the Streaming Era
Chapter 4: 'It's Much More Than Linear Entertainment': Streaming Service Anime Strategies and Imagined Audiences
Chapter 5: Discourses of Distinction: Comparing and Contrasting Cable Television Networks and Streaming Services Through Original Productions Histories
Conclusion: The Future of Media Libraries
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Mike Van Esler is associate professor of radio, television, and film at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Van Esler, Mike Van Esler
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666927719
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-771-9
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Studies in New Media
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Sociology, Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Business & management