New Directions in Latino American Cultures

Straubhaar, Joseph; Santillana, Melissa; de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Vanessa; Duarte, Luiz Guilherme

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. 

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2021-12-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030774691

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77470-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 265