Focusing on the growing power of transnational media corporations in an
increasingly globalized environment for distribution of television
content, and on the effects of mergers and acquisitions involving local
and independent television production companies, this book examines how
current and recent re-structurings in ownership across the television
industry reflect changing business models, how they affect creativity
and diversity of television output, and to what extent they call for new
approaches to regulation and policy. Based on a major study of the UK
production sector as a case study, it offers a unique analysis of wider
transformations in ownership affecting the television production
industry worldwide and of their economic, socio-cultural and policy
implications.