Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction and Overview 1: International Film and TV Co-production under Review 2: Activating Codes and Conventions in Co-produced Docudramas 3: Media Ecologies in Format Franchising 4: Formats and Reality TV: The Case of the Idol Franchise 5: Auditioning for Idol 6: "Content as Currency": New Alliances between Media and Cultural Agents 7: Summary and Conclusion Appendix A Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Doris Baltruschat is a media and communications scholar with extensive experience in film and television production and distribution, and a former instructor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.