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*Call for Papers:Flow Volume 26 Special Issue: “Streaming Wars and
Television’s Next Juncture”As the new decade dawns, Disney, Apple,
WarnerMedia, and NBCUniversal have launched (or will soon launch) their own
streaming platforms. These entrants prove once again that the ecology of
television and digital content is one that continuously shifts, raising the
question: Is a streaming war in full swing? With legacy media companies and
major technology companies entering the ring, has the streaming arena now
become too crowded? And how will consumers, amidst ever-multiplying,
well-funded platforms vying for their attention, alter and/or reinforce
their viewership and subscription consumer habits?This special issue of
Flow’s twenty-sixth volume, “Streaming Wars and the Future of Television,”
asks cultural and media scholars to consider these and other questions
related to the recent shift in streaming media — all while remembering
streaming technologies’ long and integral role in post-network American
television. From 2000, with the use of cameras to live-stream the
activities of the Big Brother house on AOL, to the mid 2000s, when
platforms began delivering content digitally to households, and the early
2010s, when Netflix, Amazon Video, and others began producing original
content — over the past 20 years, the short history of streaming has been
made up of numerous evolutions. The entrance of these new streaming
platforms, then, might be better understood not as a revolutionary break
from one era to another but rather as yet another (albeit monumental)
progression. Therefore, we invite submissions that grapple with this most
recent shift. Using industrial, historical, political, regulatory,
economic, cultural, national, and transcultural/international lenses,
scholars might consider: Is there something new and noteworthy about this
particular moment in streaming media, or does it echo previous business
models? In what ways do (or don’t) these newer platforms signal the future
of television? What is gained or lost as legacy media outlets move into
digital terrain? And in what ways can scholars across television studies,
media industries, platform studies, and related fields collaborate and
converse about this multi-billion dollar push into a new industrial and
technological era of television? Possible topics include, but are by no
means limited to: - Focused studies on specific platforms, their respective
parent media companies, and/or their distinct strategies on entering the
streaming market- Weekly episodic release vs. binge model-
Narrative/representational possibilities borne from new streaming
production/distribution models- Reconceptualizing media conglomeration,
mergers & acquisitions, and integration studies- Use of particular IP or
content from media libraries to leverage access and finance- Implications
for pre-existing niche, minor, and independent streaming platforms- Changes
in film distribution and exhibition - Changes in international media flows-
Production studies of such issues as shifts in narrative development,
financial affordances, and marketability through A-list talentTo be
considered for this timely issue, please submit a completed short essay of
1,200-1,500 words, along with at least three images (.png), video, and/or
new media files (GIFs, etc.), and a short bio, to co-managing editors Rusty
Hatchell and Selena Dickey at [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]> by Monday, February 10, 2020. The Special Issue
will be published at flowjournal.org <http://www.flowjournal.org/> on
Monday, March 2, 2020.*

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