> Television without Borders: Transfers, Translations and Transnational
> Exchange
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> An International Conference at the University of Reading
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> 27-29 June 2008
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> Call for Papers
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> In the last few years, critics have decried the end of television, but
> television has responded to challenges relatively quickly.
> Globalisation has
> increased the revenues of many national broadcasting institutions, created
> new export markets and fostered international co-productions, while digital
> technologies have been adapted and exploited to entice those audiences
> back
> that appeared to turn to other media, most notably the internet. The
> conference will explore how television crosses borders: how are television
> programmes imported and exported? What role do international co-productions
> play? How does television translate into, and borrow from, other media?
> These and many other questions will be at the heart of the three-day
> conference.
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> Confirmed speakers are
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> Prof. Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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> Prof. Jeffrey Miller, Augustana College
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> Prof. John Ellis, Royal Holloway, University of London
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> Prof. Jonathan Bignell, University of Reading
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> There will also be television professionals speaking at the
> conference, who
> will include executives, archivists and programme-makers with
> expertise in
> television policy, international acquisitions, programme planning and
> digital archiving.
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> We are currently seeking proposals for papers to be delivered at the event.
> We are particularly, though not exclusively, interested in the following
> topics:
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> * Challenges to national television histories
> * Programme flow between countries
> * International co-productions
> * Adaptation of programme formats
> * Creation of geo-linguistic markets
> * National broadcasters and international programme flow
> * Impact of foreign product on national programming
> * The relationship between the global and the local
> * Crossing borders via the internet
> * Inter-medial adaptations (games, films, etc.)
> * The role of YouTube, TV.com, Facebook and other webpages
> * On Demand Services
> * Digital television archives
> * Satellite technologies and national borders
> * Diasporic communities and transnational television
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> Papers:
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> Please send proposal of no more than 250 words with a title and brief
> biographical details to the address below.
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> Panels:
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> For Panels, please send a panel rationale of no more than 150 words
> and the
> three proposals of no more than 250 words each, with biographical
> details of
> the speakers, to the address below.
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> For further information or to send proposals, please contact:
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> Elke Weissmann: [log in to unmask]
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> or:
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> Elke Weissmann
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> University of Reading
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> Department of Film, Theatre and Television
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> Bulmershe Court
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> Woodlands Avenue
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> Reading, RG6 1HQ
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> UK
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> Deadline for any proposals is Friday, 14 December 2007.
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Michele Hilmes
Professor, Media and Cultural Studies
Director, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Department of Communication Arts
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-2543
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