Beyond postsocialist and small: recent film production practices and state support for cinema in Czechia and Romania

Parvulescu, Constantin; Hanzlík, Jan

doi:10.1080/17411548.2020.1736794

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“…The industry does not benefit from strong production houses and distribution networks, and is characterized, as other post-socialist media systems, by lags in the professionalization and internationalization of independent producers. Known for award-winning arthouse films, Romanian cinema is highly auteurist in making and marketing, primarily festival-oriented, with very little appeal to local audiences and an incoherent media support toolkit (Parvulescu and Hanzlík 2020). Series are produced primarily by private broadcasters exclusively for their own channels.…”

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Netflix in Europe: Four Markets, Four Platforms? A Comparative Analysis of Audio-Visual Offerings and Investment Strategies in Four EU States

Iordache

2021

Television & New Media

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In the context of Netflix’s rapid expansion in European markets and its growing investments in original content, this article conducts a comparative case study analysis of Netflix offerings and investment strategies in four European Union countries: Belgium, Romania, Spain, and Sweden. A first aim of the article is to establish the extent to which offerings in these markets confirm or reshape the findings of transnational flow studies on the imbalance of content supply. A second aim is to analyze how these offerings reflect the platform’s investment strategies in the different markets. Although findings point to increased diversity in catalog composition, as well as growing investments in European works, Netflix also reconfirms and contributes to existing power imbalances between markets. US content dominates the four European catalogs, while investments in European original content considerably favor strong media markets over weaker ones.

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Section: National Contextsmentioning

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Netflix in Europe: Four Markets, Four Platforms? A Comparative Analysis of Audio-Visual Offerings and Investment Strategies in Four EU States

Iordache

2021

Television & New Media

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“…It is embedded into a small European industry with a small market for its domestic product, and into a cinema culture that values arthouse film. [ 9 ] The platform is open-access, ad-free, and non-profit, and generates no income and subscriptions. Cinepub streams through a YouTube channel.…”

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The Critical Innovation Discourse of Small VODs: The Case of The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu on Cinepub

Parvulescu

2023

10.14746/i

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My article compares the catalogues and interfaces of a small and a big VOD provider and emphasizes the critical innovative potential of the intervention of the former and, more generally, of small streaming services. I employ a cultural studies approach and closely read the acts of curation of these two types of providers. As a case study, I focus on the curation of the feature film The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu on both platforms. By critical innovation, I understand an economic or industrial intervention that questions and disrupts hegemonic discourses in its field. In the case of VODs, it refers to an engagement with discourses on digital film consumption, the branding of premium content, establishment of taste, and diversity of content. I also approach critical innovation as political and economic. I provide proof that small non-profit providers set up more advantageous viewing experiences that benefit a film and its makers. I also show that they play an important role in maintaining the sustainability of a digital distribution ecosystem.

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SVOD Production in East-Central Europe: Understanding the ‘Streamer Imaginaries’ of Independent Producers

Szczepanik

2024

Palgrave European Film and Media Studies

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Beyond postsocialist and small: recent film production practices and state support for cinema in Czechia and Romania

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

Netflix in Europe: Four Markets, Four Platforms? A Comparative Analysis of Audio-Visual Offerings and Investment Strategies in Four EU States

Netflix in Europe: Four Markets, Four Platforms? A Comparative Analysis of Audio-Visual Offerings and Investment Strategies in Four EU States

The Critical Innovation Discourse of Small VODs: The Case of The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu on Cinepub

SVOD Production in East-Central Europe: Understanding the ‘Streamer Imaginaries’ of Independent Producers

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