{"product_id":"open-tv-aymar-jean-christian-9781479874224","title":"Open TV: Innovation Beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the internet transformed television \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore HBO's hit show Insecure, Issa Rae's comedy about being a nerdy black woman debuted as a YouTube web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, her response to the absence of diverse black characters on the small screen. Broad City, a feminist sitcom now on Comedy Central, originated as a web series on YouTube, developed directly out of funny women Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's real-life friendship. These unconventional stories took advantage of the freedom afforded outside the traditional television system: online. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpen TV shows how we have left \"the network era\" far behind and entered the networked era, with the web opening up new possibilities for independent producers, entrepreneurs, and media audiences. Based on interviews with writers, producers, show-runners, and network executives, visits to festivals and award shows, and the experience of producing his own series, Aymar Jean Christian argues that the web brought innovation to television by opening up series development to new producers, fans, and sponsors that had previously been excluded. Online access to distribution provides creative freedom for indie producers, allows for more diverse storytelling from marginalized communities, and introduces new ways of releasing and awarding shows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpen TV is essential reading for anyone interested in the changing environment of television and how the internet can inspire alternatives to what's on TV tonight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aymar Jean Christian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479874221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479874224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018","brand":"Aymar Jean Christian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123947565311,"sku":"9781479874224","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0841f62b-11be-4470-9b14-a0bea3ebfe0d.jpg?v=1687433839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/open-tv-aymar-jean-christian-9781479874224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}