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Monday, 20 December 2021 18:35

Stories of the Lust for Profit in 2021: the Year in Global Streaming

Written by Dennis Broe

This year’s Top 40 Serial TV Series unfolds against a background of continually rising inequality. Thomas Piketty (Capital in the 21st Century) and company released their figures charting global disparities exacerbated by Covid, this was front page news in Le Monde and ignored in the U.S. Billionaires have captured much…

Germinal Snowpiercer Mare of Easttown Dopesick Goliath The White Lotus Thin Ice Reservation Dogs Nine Perfect Strangers

Tuesday, 05 October 2021 13:55

From Black Radicalism to British Royals in Space

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe continues his series reviews. Image above: The Wonder Years Now, at this point when most series TV has moved online and the autumn TV season is a thing of the past, a relic of - what did your parents used to call it? - oh yeah, network TV.…

Thursday, 02 September 2021 08:34

Channel 4 for sale?

Written by Rod Stoneman

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Rod Stoneman discusses the possible privatisation of Channel 4, and options for democratising and radicalising the channel Any thinking about the government’s proposed privatisation of Channel 4 should start by linking the future of the station with its past. In 1982 its guiding precepts were innovation and extending the range…

Media Reform Coalition

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 18 June 2021 12:11

Cancel Enid Blyton! The familiar, tired tropes of GB News and anti-Woke media

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Written by Stuart Cartland

Stuart Cartland on Conservative populism and anti-Woke TV: how the launch of GB News represents updated versions of familiar, tired tropes. GB News represents an updated version or equivalent to the familiar and well-worn tropes of anti-political correctness of previous years. The political right dominates British media outlets and the…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 21 December 2020 21:15

Marginalised and forgotten: indigenous and working-class people in TV series

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reviews TV series that focus on indigenous and working-class themes, including Mystery Road, Don’t Forget The Driver, The Connors, and Superstore. Image above: Aaron Pedersen as Jay Swan in Mystery Road Few series on television focus either on both the earth’s first inhabitants, the indigenous, now mostly quartered…

Mystery Road Don't Forget the Driver Superstore The Connors

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Sunday, 16 August 2020 08:30

Green Frontier and Wild District: The Bolivarian vs. The Bolsonarian Revolution

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reviews Green Frontier and Wild District, two shockingly different approaches to South American struggles for political liberation. The image above is from Green Frontier Two series from Colombia, Green Frontier and Wild District, both Netflix originals and both made by the same production house, Dynamo, stake out the…

Netflix Guerra

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 04 August 2020 15:56

Broadcasting and Beyond: proposals for progressive media

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Written by Rod Stoneman

Rod Stoneman outlines proposals for developing new, more radical and progressive media You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. It comes from non- conformity – the courage to invent the future. - Thomas Sankara. Recently sketching an account of my experiences working in Channel 4…

Channel 4 Novara Media Tribune morning star Jacobin Radical Film Network

Monday, 27 July 2020 09:59

A Strange Bird: Comcast and Universal's Peacock streaming service

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe continues his review of series TV with a sceptical look at Comcast and Universal's Peacock, the latest streaming service from the world of capitalist media conglomerates Do we need yet another television network/movie studio/cable station conglomerate turned into a streaming service whose main contribution is to put its…

Brave New World The Office

Monday, 13 July 2020 15:35

They Stream Movies Don’t They? City of Tiny Lights and Hamilton

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe continues his review of series TV with an analysis of City of Tiny Lights and Hamilton. Image: Tommy Akbar amidst the neon in City of Tiny Lights Although the highlight and main attraction of most streaming services is always new series and seasons of serial TV, they also…

Netflix Disney+ Chinatown Black Lives Matter

Sunday, 05 July 2020 08:51

Perry Mason and The Case of the Missing Case

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe reviews the new HBO Perry Mason series on Sky. There are many things to like about HBO’s new version of one of the most popular book and television series of all time, Perry Mason, which is available in Britain on Sky and in France on OCS. This young…

Tuesday, 23 June 2020 09:37

Take away their power: climate breakdown and the corporate media

Written by David Cromwell

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David Cromwell outlines the way the media is beholden to corporate capitalism, and calls for a radical democratisation of ownership and control of the broadcast and print media In his classic science fiction novel, 'Foundation', Isaac Asimov posited a future in which 'psychohistorians' could predict outcomes based on past history…