Block booking migrates to television: The rise and fall of the international output deal

Television and New Media

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 501-520

  Torre, Paul J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germany; Global television distribution; Globalization; Media industry practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949113697     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476409343797     Document Type: Article

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