Across the globe, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft have accumulated power in ways that existing regulatory and intellectual frameworks struggle to comprehend. A consensus is emerging that the power of these new digital monopolies is unprecedented, and that it has important...

Shifting gatekeepers : power and influence in informal online film distribution / Virginia Crisp -- Cinephile file sharing : informal distribution, plural canons and digital film archives / Angela Meili -- Bridges, streams and dams : the multiple negotiated strategies of distribution and access...

"This volume considers the different implications of the rise of streaming services, and their particular acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring the significant disruption caused to the entertainment industries by the rise of these streaming services, a team of international...

"This volume addresses contemporary debates and trends regarding the production and distribution, content, and audience engagement with the television streaming industry. The book interrogates the economics and structure of the industry, questions the types and diversity of content perpetuated...