Points of Contact, Points of Distance: DR/TV2 meet HBO/Netflix

Jakob Isak Nielsen

doi:10.1386/nl.14.1.29_1

Points of Contact, Points of Distance: DR/TV2 meet HBO/Netflix

Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Medievidenskab

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

4 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

For some years now, Danish public service broadcasters have taken long strides into the international marketplace at both the level of funding, production and distribution of drama series. The ensuing series are sold across the globe, they are remade in countries as different as America and Turkey, the international co-production set-ups are becoming increasingly complex (cf. Broen - and its various remakes - and The Team). It would appear that there is no end to the international entanglements that a Danish public service broadcaster can engage in. However, there are limits.
This article tests the limits of co-production set-ups by discussing two recent cases that involve American co-production partners, namely HBO and Netflix. The article highlights tension and resistance at media systemic, organisational and narrative/aesthetic levels prohibiting or undermining the ‘transnational dialogues’ between DR and TV2 on one hand, and HBO and Netflix on the other.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Vol/bind	14
Nummer	1
Sider (fra-til)	29-45
Antal sider	17
ISSN	1601-829X
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1386/nl.14.1.29_1
Status	Udgivet - 1 jun. 2016

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DR
HBO
Netflix
TV 2
co-production
streaming

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1 Afsluttet

FKK project “What Makes Danish TV Series Travel? TV drama series as cultural export, transnational production and reception”.
Rittenhofer, I. (Samarbejdspartner), Jacobsen, U. C. (Deltager), Waade, A. M. R. (Projektleder), Jensen, P. M. (Deltager), Nielsen, J. I. (Deltager), Eichner, S. (Deltager), Esser, A. (Deltager), Agger, G. (Deltager), Hansen, K. T. (Deltager) & Redvall, E. N. (Deltager)
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

4 Citationer
1 Bidrag til bog/antologi
1 Poster

Streaming i det danske medielandskab
Nielsen, J. I., 2020, Streaming for viderekomne. Nielsen, J. I., Korsgaard, M. B., Halskov, A., Højer, H. & Larsen, T. S. (red.). Aarhus: VIA Film & Transmedia, s. 14-24 10 s. (16:9 bøger).
Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review
Why Danish TV Series Travel
Nielsen, J. I., 8 jun. 2018. 1 s.
Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Poster › Formidling

10 Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
2 Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
2 Medlem af forskningsnetværk
1 Deltagelse i eller organisering af konference

Predefence seminar, Mikkel Jensen: Title: "David Simon’s American City: The Corner, The Wire, Treme, Show Me a Hero, and The Deuce"
Nielsen, J. I. (Deltager)
9 aug. 2018
Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
Transnational Television Drama
Nielsen, J. I. (Deltager)
6 jun. 2018 → 8 jun. 2018
Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af konference
Serieavhengighet
Nielsen, J. I. (Foredragsholder)
27 apr. 2018
Aktivitet: Præsentationer, medlemskaber, ejerskab og andre aktiviteter › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag

Er himlen ved at falde ned over Netflix?
Nielsen, J. I.
01/02/2022
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie
Radio4
Nielsen, J. I.
11/03/2021
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie
Kræs, Radio4
Nielsen, J. I.
21/02/2021
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie

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