[ecrea] New Book: "Independent Television Production in the UK"

*/Independent Television Production in the UK: From Cottage Industry to 
Big Business /**by David Lee *

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Published by Palgrave Macmillan, available to order here 
<https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319716695>.

“As the first book-length academic study of the UK independent 
television production sector, this book will surely become a 
widely-cited resource for scholarship and teaching about present-day 
British television.  Grounded in theory and informed by interviews with 
practitioners, it offers a coherent examination of the changing contexts 
of labour and production within a sector increasingly dominated by 
‘super-indies’.  So it deserves to be widely read by those interested in 
broadcasting history, the precarity of media work, and perceptions of 
profitability and value in UK media production.” (Peter Goddard, 
Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool, UK)

“This is a timely book and a landmark analysis. It charts the 
transformation of British ‘independent’ TV as the delivery of audio 
visual content and its consumption transform apace, and the legitimacy 
of public service broadcasting is questioned afresh amidst deep 
fractures in collective identity. David Lee firmly situates independent 
TV production in the debate on creative labour and cultural value, 
exposing the contradictions lived by those working in the industry.” 
(Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, University of Glasgow)

“In studies of media industries it remains rare to find an analysis that 
takes history, structure, creative labour and questions of value equally 
seriously. In his study of the British independent television sector, 
David Lee achieves just that, providing a comprehensive account of the 
shifting dynamics of independent television production. This is an 
important book that will be of great value to students and researchers, 
as well as those who work in the industry.” (Anamik Saha, Lecturer in 
Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London and author 
of Race and the Cultural Industries)

*ABOUT THIS BOOK*

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This book is the first authoritative account of the UK’s independent 
television production sector, following the creation of Channel 4 in 
1982. It examines the rise of a global industry, increasingly 
interconnected through format development, distribution, ancillary sales 
and rights. Drawing on case studies, interviews and policy analysis, the 
author considers the cultural politics behind the growth of the 
‘indies’, the labour conditions for workers in this sector, and some of 
the key television programmes that have been created within it. It also 
offers a rich insight into the precarious working lives of television 
workers, conducted over a ten year period, with chapters on networking, 
cultural value and the psychosocial consequences of creative labour. 
Filling an important gap in our understanding, this book constitutes a 
comprehensive account of this vital cultural industry for students, 
academics and researchers working in the areas of the cultural and 
creative industries, media and cultural policy and television studies.


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