Apologies for cross-posting. 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. The conference is the culminating public event in the three-year research project 'British TV Drama and Acquired US Programmes, 1970-2000', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, and aims to place the project's topic in a wider context. The conference and the project are hosted by the Centre for Television Drama Studies at the University of Reading. ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]