What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences?
Or when video games Final Fantasy and Assassins' Creed were localized for the Spanish …

This article uses Australia to illustrate the need for more ambitious cultural policy measures
in response to industrial reconfiguration wrought by digital distribution and other industry …

This article is concerned with the international market consolidation in television
entertainment production and its implications. The rapid growth of the TV format trade during …

In einer Aneignungsstudie mit jungen Zuschauerinnen des Topmodel-Formats in
Deutschland und den USA wird das Konzept der Transkulturalität von Miriam Stehling als …

Television content has traditionally been associated with the cultural identity of a given
territory, although in an increasingly global world, this relationship is under debate. From a …

This chapter aims to enhance our understanding of the local in localization. It looks at how
audiences are constructed by broadcasters and considers the appeal, the consumption, and …

The current rise in the circulation of audiovisual products has led to the transnational
convergence of industry practices, quality standards and language conventions, which may …

Despite the growing number of publications on television formats, specific theorisations
regarding formats and format adaptation, in particular, are still rare. In this article, I introduce …

Today, the use of internationally licensed television formats, developed in one market and
sold for local adaptation, is a widespread practice amongst commercial broadcasters around …

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, warum und wie fiktionale Fernsehserien aus
anderen kulturellen Kontexten für einen heimischen Markt angepasst werden. Anhand …