Flowing Networks in the Entertainment Business: Organizing International TV Format Trade |
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| Authors: | Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen Katja Lantzsch Andreas Will |
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| Institution: | 1. Technical University Ilmenau , Germany klaus-dieter.altmeppen@tu-ilmenau.de;3. Technical University Ilmenau , Germany |
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| Abstract: | Little is known about entertainment acquisition and production, especially the international format trade, although its worldwide market volume adds up to about 2.4 billion. Format trade is a process along the stages of creating, distributing, producing or reproducing, and broadcasting entertainment programs. Findings of a current empirical research project conducted by means of in-person interviews with managers in Germany and the United Kingdom reveal a phenomenon by which the particular organizations involved (creators, distributors, producers, and broadcast stations) establish structures that are called “flowing organizational networks.” Depending on situational requirements and the respective stages of the format trade process, actors tend to activate different organizational structures. |
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