Abstract
Abstract A sea-change in television systems around the world began in the late 1970s. An integral element in the various complex phenomena usually captured under the rubric of ‘globalization’, this transformation has forced the West to confront the television cultures of the more ‘peripheral’ regions of the world. Shifting geopolitical patterns within the world system, most notably the partial dismantling of national boundaries in Europe, the demise of communism, and the rise of the Asian economies, are having a profound effect on cultural ecologies and the consequent receptiveness of many regions of the world to new cultural influences, including new sources and kinds of television. Alongside this, and related to it, the last ten years have seen major changes in the television cultures of many countries as technological innovation, industrial realignments, and modifications in regulatory philosophy have begun to produce a new audiovisual landscape.
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