Convergent Chinese Television Industries

Dr Lisa Lin is a documentary producer and media scholar in the UK, Singapore and China. Her documentary credits include I Wouldn’t Go in There WW2 Specials (National Geographic, 2015), G-Force (Hummingbird Music, 2016), Last Breath (One World Media, 2017) and Frontline Medics Dairies (Channel 4, 2020). Dr. Lin is a Research Fellow in Documentary Practice at Anglia Ruskin University. She holds a PhD in Media and Communications and MA in International Broadcasting from Royal Holloway, University of London.

“Convergent Chinese Television Industries cuts into an ambitious topic with micro-level analysis, focusing on the production practices and strategies of producers at different levels of Chinese media institutions. … Lin’s book is a significant contribution to the literature about Chinese television production culture in the digital age. … this book is excellent reading for students of Chinese media studies and production culture, particularly in terms of its research design, writing conventions and abundant empirical material.” (Yajie Li, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 19 (1), 2024)

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Production Ecology in Chinese Television Industries.- Chapter 3. Convergent Production Strategies: CCTV and HBS.- Chapter 4. Digital Fiefdoms: The Rise of Chinese Internet-distributed Television.- Chapter 5. Production Cultures and Convergent Screen Forms: CCTV and HBS.- Chapter 6. Streaming Screen Forms and Aesthetics: Tencent Video.- Chapter 7. Walking a Tightrope? Producers’ Fears and Precarity in China.- Chapter 8. Creative Freedoms and Autonomy in Convergent Chinese Television.- Chapter 9. Playing Edge Ball in the Grey Area.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Towards Technologically-Empowered Creative Freedoms in Convergent Chinese Television.