This book is about television in Latin America. Its national and
regional industries create most television programming there within
genres developed over time in the region. However, part of the
programming has always come from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. With
cable, satellite and now streaming TV, that inflow of foreign
programming has increased substantially. While many in the audience
still prefer national or regional programs for their cultural proximity,
an increasing number among the upper-middle and middle classes,
particularly the young, are turning to the new foreign services, like
Netflix, Amazon and Disney for class distinction, cosmopolitanism or
other motives. Among the television industries, global, regional and
national actors are creating a variety of programs and channels
(broadcast, pay-TV and streaming) to segment and appeal to different
parts of the audience.