Introduction: The Many Steps and Factors of a European Renaissance

Chapter one introduces the main topics of the book. It outlines some important developments and trends in the contemporary television and media field, tracing more than a decade of changes in fictional content production in Europe, courtesy of pay TV and the on-demand players. The research methodology is explained, spotlighting the selected countries, industry case histories and corpus of representative series. A guide to the edited collection’s various sections and chapters is also included.