[ecrea] Digital Disruption: Cinema Moves On-line: new book from St Andrews Film Studies

*DIGITAL DISRUPTION: CINEMA MOVES ON-LINE*

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*edited by*

*Dina Iordanova and Stuart Cunningham*

Digital Disruption is available in the following formats:

Paperback: £13.99 (ISBN: 978-0-9563730-7-6)

Hardback:  £35.00 (ISBN: 978-0-9563730-9-0)

Kindle:          £9.99 (ISBN: 978-1-908437-00-6)

For more information or to order, visit: http://stafs.org

*Table of Contents*

Digital Disruption

Dina Iordanova, Digital Disruption: Technological Innovation and Global 
Film Circulation

Stuart Cunningham and Jon Silver, On-line Film Distribution: Its History 
and Global Complexion

Michael Gubbins, Digital Revolution: Active Audiences and Fragmented 
Consumption

Michael Franklin, Internet-enabled Dissemination: Managing Uncertainty 
in the Film Value Chain

Marijke De Valck, Convergence, Digitisation and the Future of Film Festivals

Cinema Moves On-line

Jon Silver, Stuart Cunningham, Mark David Ryan, Mission Unreachable: How 
Jaman Is Shaping the Future of On-line Distribution

Alex Fischer, 'IMDb Helps Me Sleep at Night': How a Simple Database 
Changed the World of Film

Alex Fischer, 'The Fully Clickable Submission': How Withoutabox Captured 
the Hearts and Minds of Film Festivals Everywhere

Spotlight on MUBI: Two Interviews with Efe Cakarel, Founder and CEO of 
MUBI, talking to Paul Fileri and Ruby Cheung,

Ben Slater, 'What Do You Do with What You See?': Patterns and Uses of 
Cinéphilia, Then and Now

Resources

Timeline -- On-line Distribution of Feature Films

A Selection of (Mostly Legal) VOD and On-line Content Providers

Comparative Internet Rankings: 40 International On-line Movies-on-demand 
Sites

Comparative Deal Terms in 2009

Related Websites

*What they said about Digital Disruption:*

'It's hard to overstate the importance of this collection of essays. 
Ever since digital technology began to transform the media landscape, 
various self-appointed pundits -- myself included -- have been 
predicting the final outcome, with results that have ranged from a 
utopian belief that film is finally being democratised to various 
versions of the end-of-the-cinema-as-we-know-it scenario. Now, at last, 
we have what we needed: some rigorous academic thinking on the subject 
combined with detailed analysis of what exactly is going on in the 
fast-developing world of downloads, streaming video and Swedish pirates. 
The people who really need to read this book -- the Hollywood studios -- 
probably won't. But anyone else remotely interested in the future of 
cinema should do so.'

Nick Roddick, Sight & Sound's 'Mr Busy'

'Digital Disruption is a must read for all researchers and practitioners 
interested in the changing shape and circulation of filmed content. This 
book amounts to much more than the sum of its parts by addressing 
compelling and highly relevant areas of enquiry and employing fine 
research delivered in a transparent and accessible writing style. 
Digital Disruption enables the reader to leap onto a fast moving train 
without being knocked off balance by the rush of the wind. Highly 
recommended.'

Angus Finney, consultant and industry executive, Film Business Academy, 
London and author of The International Film Business: A Market Guide 
beyond Hollywood