Michael Keane, Anthony Fung, and Albert Moran
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098206
- eISBN:
- 9789882207219
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098206.003.0011
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Television
This chapter focuses on the legal mechanisms for protecting TV-program formats. The practice of imitation in media industries has led the way in policing copyright protection. When writers of TV ...
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This chapter focuses on the legal mechanisms for protecting TV-program formats. The practice of imitation in media industries has led the way in policing copyright protection. When writers of TV formats, producers, or broadcasters seek to protect their investment, they have to rely on cobbling together a jigsaw of pieces drawn from different areas of intellectual property law. In particular, format protection has been sought through four legal instruments: copyright, breach of confidence, passing-off, and an assortment of law to do with trademarks, patents, and so on.Less
This chapter focuses on the legal mechanisms for protecting TV-program formats. The practice of imitation in media industries has led the way in policing copyright protection. When writers of TV formats, producers, or broadcasters seek to protect their investment, they have to rely on cobbling together a jigsaw of pieces drawn from different areas of intellectual property law. In particular, format protection has been sought through four legal instruments: copyright, breach of confidence, passing-off, and an assortment of law to do with trademarks, patents, and so on.
Michael Frishkopf
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774162930
- eISBN:
- 9781617970139
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774162930.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
Libanaise de Television (CLT), Lebanon's first television channel, began broadcasting in 1959 and was financed by private funds. Another Lebanese channel was created in 1962, Television du Liban et ...
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Libanaise de Television (CLT), Lebanon's first television channel, began broadcasting in 1959 and was financed by private funds. Another Lebanese channel was created in 1962, Television du Liban et de I'Orient (Tele Orient), with the backing of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). In the 1960s, cinema productions were more popular than television productions in Lebanon. While TV presented programs removed from modern life, cinema offered the attractions of Arab stars and dance routines, as well as contemporary social problems. In the early 1980s in Lebanon, the range of TV programs was limited, and by the mid-80s, only one channel existed. Although there is limited choice in channels, a TV show appearance is still a great opportunity to launch a career for a singer, so certain TV programs still venture to launch a musician's career.Less
Libanaise de Television (CLT), Lebanon's first television channel, began broadcasting in 1959 and was financed by private funds. Another Lebanese channel was created in 1962, Television du Liban et de I'Orient (Tele Orient), with the backing of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). In the 1960s, cinema productions were more popular than television productions in Lebanon. While TV presented programs removed from modern life, cinema offered the attractions of Arab stars and dance routines, as well as contemporary social problems. In the early 1980s in Lebanon, the range of TV programs was limited, and by the mid-80s, only one channel existed. Although there is limited choice in channels, a TV show appearance is still a great opportunity to launch a career for a singer, so certain TV programs still venture to launch a musician's career.
Shane Blackman and Ruth Rogers
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447330523
- eISBN:
- 9781447330578
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447330523.003.0006
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations
Blackman and Rogers presents a textual analysis of the media representations of young people in newspapers and TV reality programmes.
They argue that there has been a normalisation of youth austerity ...
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Blackman and Rogers presents a textual analysis of the media representations of young people in newspapers and TV reality programmes.
They argue that there has been a normalisation of youth austerity through entertainment.
Using film theory they assert that the ‘returned gaze’ of youth positioned in austerity, both challenges and pushes young people to the edges of society, but remains a populist representation of social crisis, used by both government and media to exert control over young adults.
They argue that selective visual imagery and a constructed language of fear shape the intersection of government policy and media coverage on young people.
They identify two zones of media representations: where young adults are projected as scroungers and marginalised through mockery and seen as a burden rather than an asset for society.Less
Blackman and Rogers presents a textual analysis of the media representations of young people in newspapers and TV reality programmes.
They argue that there has been a normalisation of youth austerity through entertainment.
Using film theory they assert that the ‘returned gaze’ of youth positioned in austerity, both challenges and pushes young people to the edges of society, but remains a populist representation of social crisis, used by both government and media to exert control over young adults.
They argue that selective visual imagery and a constructed language of fear shape the intersection of government policy and media coverage on young people.
They identify two zones of media representations: where young adults are projected as scroungers and marginalised through mockery and seen as a burden rather than an asset for society.
Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, and C. Lee Harrington (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604737165
- eISBN:
- 9781621037767
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604737165.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Television
The soap opera, one of U.S. television’s longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the ...
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The soap opera, one of U.S. television’s longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers’ attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps’ influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most primetime TV programs. This book investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries. It contains contributions from established soap scholars, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC’s General Hospital, CBS’s The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to long-time soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.Less
The soap opera, one of U.S. television’s longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers’ attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps’ influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most primetime TV programs. This book investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries. It contains contributions from established soap scholars, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC’s General Hospital, CBS’s The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to long-time soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.
