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> Television without Borders: Transfers, Translations and Transnational > Exchange > > An International Conference at the University of Reading > > 27-29 June 2008 > > > > > > Call for Papers > > > > 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. > > > > Confirmed speakers are > > > > Prof. Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin, Madison > > Prof. Jeffrey Miller, Augustana College > > Prof. John Ellis, Royal Holloway, University of London > > Prof. Jonathan Bignell, University of Reading > > > > 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. > > > > We are currently seeking proposals for papers to be delivered at the event. > We are particularly, though not exclusively, interested in the following > topics: > > > > * 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 > > > > > > Papers: > > Please send proposal of no more than 250 words with a title and brief > biographical details to the address below. > > > > Panels: > > 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. > > > > For further information or to send proposals, please contact: > > > > Elke Weissmann: [log in to unmask] > > > > or: > > > > Elke Weissmann > > University of Reading > > Department of Film, Theatre and Television > > Bulmershe Court > > Woodlands Avenue > > Reading, RG6 1HQ > > UK > > > > Deadline for any proposals is Friday, 14 December 2007. > > > > > 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 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org