<nettime-ann> VIEW Journal issue 9 on TV Formats and Format Research

EUscreen proudly presents Volume 5, Issue 09 of the open access VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture.

During the last 15 years format research has grown into a notable, distinct field of academic investigation alongside the dramatic expansion of the trade in TV formats.

This special issue of VIEW builds on existing format scholarship to deepen our understanding of the history and the continuing growth of the TV format business from a European perspective.

This ninth issue was co-edited by John Ellis, Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, Andrea Esser, Principal Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Roehampton (UK) and Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Málaga (Spain).

Issue 09 is now fully and freely available at www.viewjournal.eu.

All articles can be read on screen, where source materials can be found embedded in the article text, or saved as a PDF for reading offline.

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Editorial - John Ellis, Andrea Esser, Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano

--Discoveries--
Transforming ‘Female’ Programmes: Don’t Tell the Bride from International TV to Italian Digital Channels for Women – Cecilia Penati
Remembering Operación Triunfo: a Latin Music Reality Show in the Era of Talent Shows – Paola Savini
Rising Star: a Game-Changing Format in a Dying Genre. The Highs and Lows of a Format’s Birth – Merav Schiffmann
Will the Sun Rise? Japan’s Limited Role in the Global Format Business – Takeshi Murakoshi

--Explorations--
Television Format As a Site of Cultural Negotiation: Studying the Structures, Agencies and Practices of Format Adaptation – Heidi Keinonen
Measuring Transnationalism: Comparing TV Formats using Digital Tools – Edward Larkey, Landry Digeon, Ibrahim Er
Aesthetic Proximity: the Role of Stylistic Programme Elements in Format Localisation – Jolien van Keulen
Meet the Predators: the Branding Practices behind Dragons’ Den, Shark Tank, and Höhle der Löwen – Sabine Baumann, Ulrike Rohn
Critically Acclaimed and Cancelled: FX’s The Bridge, Channel as Brand and the Adaptation of Scripted TV Formats – Michael L. Wayne

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VIEW is published by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in collaboration with Utrecht University, University of Luxembourg and Royal Holloway University of London. It is supported by the EUscreen network and the European Television History Network.