Online TV interfaces

Johnson, Catherine

doi:10.4324/9781315396828-5

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“…The history of television is commonly narrated as one marked by continuous technological and cultural transformation. Such accounts are reflected in how the development of television is depicted according to techniques of distributing content; from the broadcast/TVI-era, via the cable/TVII-era, to the digital/TVIII-era (Dunleavy 2017; Johnson 2019). These eras are characterized by different logics (from scarcity to abundance; from mass to niche audiences) and adherent branding strategies.…”

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Conceptualizing the Experiential Affordances of Watching Online TV

Lüders

Sundet

2021

Television & New Media

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This article investigates the experiential affordances of watching online TV as outcomes of the material underpinnings of online TV and the actions taken by viewers. Potential experiential changes derive from how online TV services can be considered libraries of content affording self-scheduling action possibilities. Such changes need to be situated in the slow-to-change conditions of television viewing. We draw on a qualitative study of how viewers respond to the action possibilities and constraints of online TV services. We argue that potentials for individualized viewing are counterbalanced by television viewing as a social activity. Next, self-scheduling ties in with viewing as a deliberate action, appropriated to create experiences where attentiveness is tailored to what is narratively required. Finally, flow schedules are replaced with programed paths constraining the agency of viewers.

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“…These eras are characterized by different logics (from scarcity to abundance; from mass to niche audiences) and adherent branding strategies. The emergence and increasing use of online TV services may in this context represent a distinct phase, requiring re-thinking definitions of television as a medium (Jenner 2016; Johnson 2019).…”

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Conceptualizing the Experiential Affordances of Watching Online TV

Lüders

Sundet

2021

Television & New Media

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“…For example, Matt Hills (2019a: 105) has shown that Doctor Who fans will form emotional attachments to the era of Doctor Who they watched when they were growing up, leading to ‘affective tensions between different generations of fans coming to Doctor Who at different times’. Of course, Doctor Who has always been a show shared by generations – parents introducing their children to it, or families watching together – so it is no surprise that different generations generally like to watch it together (much media is shared generationally; see Johnson, 2019b). What is new here is the way that different generations of fans are sharing their own generationally specific viewership with each other; the Twitch stream explicitly targeted different generations of fans, instigating generationality to intersect with fandom.…”

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Converging experiences, converging audiences: An analysis of doctor who on Twitch

Jacobs

Booth

2020

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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While primarily considered to be a platform for live streaming of video games, Twitch has recently diversified into streaming archival television content. In 2018 and 2019, episodes of the television show Doctor Who, originally aired between 1963 and 1989, were shown on the service, which also provides a synchronous chat function for viewers to communicate with each other as they watch. This article examines this phenomenon through conducting qualitative and quantitative surveys with a segment of the viewership of these streams in order to uncover a diversity of age and experience with the content that exposes a convergence of viewership. Results indicate that the convergence of audiences and novel affordances of the service provide opportunities for new experiences and forms of interaction, both with the media content and with other viewers. The live, synchronous nature of the broadcast is a key feature, and while some viewers found having less control over their viewing experience disconcerting, it resulted in different watching and production practices. This included the creation of memetic content which was shared with the wider community of fans beyond those watching the stream. We argue that new forms of communal watching are enabled by digital convergence and emerging technology platforms and services. These lead to new shared media experiences and outcomes.

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“…In recent work, television industry scholars including Catherine Johnson, Tom Evens, and Karen Donders have begun this important work by reconceptualizing the institutional landscapes of television and video in a manner appropriate to their changing technological contexts. 6 Working in this tradition, our article asks a further series of questions about competition. To what extent are advertising video-on-demand (AVOD), subscription video-on-demand (SVOD), transactional video-on-demand (TVOD), and legacy pay-TV services directly competing?…”

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Beyond Streaming Wars: Rethinking Competition in Video Services

Lobato¹,

Lotz

2021

Media Industries Journal

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Internet-distributed video services have attracted exceptional attention in recent years for their novelty and growth. Business and trade discussions frequently excerpt internet-distributed video services from the broader field of video and narrowly construct their relationship as one of direct competition (e.g., streaming wars). However, there are several distinguishing characteristics of these services that make their relationship more complex. This article explores the multifaceted distinctions and markets within internet-distributed video, including differences in programming, geography, audience, business model, and market position. We also consider what is at stake in different imaginings of video markets for media industry scholarship and policy.

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Online TV interfaces

Cited by 14 publications

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Conceptualizing the Experiential Affordances of Watching Online TV

Conceptualizing the Experiential Affordances of Watching Online TV

Converging experiences, converging audiences: An analysis of doctor who on Twitch

Beyond Streaming Wars: Rethinking Competition in Video Services

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