The Format Age – Television′s Entertainment Revolution Chalaby Hardback

The Format Age\n\nTelevision's Entertainment Revolution\n\nJean K. Chalaby (Author)\n\n9781509502585, Polity Press\n\nHardback, published 30 October 2015\n\n216 pages\n23.6 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.513 kg\n\n\""The Format Age is the most exhaustive analysis yet undertaken of a modern TV phenomenon. It explores both the economy and the culture of a global entertainment business which delivers local value. And it explains why and how it came about.\""\nPeter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England\n\n\""With his customary \u00E9lan, Jean Chalaby has done a great service to our understanding of the international flow of culture. The Format Age is a judicious theoretical and empirical intervention. Bravo!\""\nToby Miller, University of California, Riverside\n\nFew trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s. Today, they are a global business with hundreds of progr]