Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of Subscriber-Funded Video on Demand

Amanda D. Lotz
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Netflix and Streaming Video is the first book to provide a comprehensive foundation for understanding the business of subscriber-funded streaming video and its implications for the role of these services in culture. Drawing on Lotz’s two decades of research, it highlights the similarities and differences among streaming video services (Netflix; Amazon) and video distribution technologies (broadcast; satellite; internet).

The author expertly shows that, by understanding the underlying economic and technological dynamics of these services (and their differences), it is possible to better assess the actions taken by the companies and what the future of video may encompass.

The book is a must-read for students and scholars of Media and Communications Studies, as well as those wishing to learn more about Netflix and streaming video services.

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The City University of Hong Kong Library offers a collection of  VoD (Video-on-Demand) local TV programmes. They covers a variety of topics, including news, current affairs, financial analysis, personal stories, and social issues, providing in-depth documentaries, investigative reports, talk shows, and lifestyle features.

榮歸君國 : 香港戰役中的加拿大軍團

周家建
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2015年，香港特區政府發表《人口政策：策略與措施》報告，統計自1980年以來，約有八十萬香港人移居外地，而加拿大是香港人熱門移民地點之一。兩地雖然隔着遼闊的太平洋，但早在十九世紀末已有頻繁的人員往來。第二次世界大戰讓兩地關係更為密切，成為命運共同體，因為兩地民眾要面對共同的敵人。1941年11月，接近二千名加拿大官兵，在羅遜准將帶領下乘船抵達香港，他們的任務是協助駐港英軍抵擋日軍。十八天激烈戰鬥，造成了二百九十名加拿大官兵陣亡，其中包括羅遜准將。今天，他們仍長眠於香港西灣國殤紀念墳場與赤柱軍人墳場。本書不只是重塑加拿大官兵如何被牽扯進香港戰役，更關注戰爭結束後生還的加拿大官兵的生活，從而闡述戰爭對軍人所造成的身體上和心理上的創傷。

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Might & Magnificence: Ceremonial Arms and Armour across Cultures 
威武奢華：跨文化禮儀兵器藝術展
The exhibition features rare and exceptional pieces from esteemed private and local public collections, with significant loans from the renowned Mengdiexuan Collection (夢蝶軒) and R&J Collection (曾在齋). Together, these works highlight the enduring significance of arms and armour beyond the battlefield, weaving connections across diverse regions and cultures through shared traditions, legends, and histories. READ MORE

“Might & Magnificence: Ceremonial Arms and Armour across Culture” Exhibition
Date: 5 November 2024 - 23 February 2025 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge Book a Visit

Hong Kong As Creative Practice

Eddie Tay
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In this book, Hong Kong is seen as a labyrinth, a postmodern site of capitalist desires, and a panoptic space both homely and unhomely. The author maps out various specific locations of the city through the intertwined disciplines of street photography, autoethnography and psychogeography. By meandering through the urban landscape and taking street photographs, this form of practice is open to the various metaphors, atmospheres and visual discourses offered up by the street scenes. The result is a practice-led research project informed by both documentary and creative writing that seeks to articulate thinking via the process of art-making.

As a research project on the affective mapping of places in the city, the book examines what Hong Kong is, as thought and felt by the person on the street. It explores the everyday experiences afforded by the city through the figure of the flâneur wandering in shopping districts and street markets. Through hisown street photographs and drawing from the writings of Byung-Chul Han, Walter Benjamin and Michel de Certeau, the author explores feelings, affects, and states of mind as he explores the city and its social life.

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全球趨勢資訊圖集 : 5大面向、160張精緻彩圖, 掌握當代必備世界觀 (Atlas of the Invisible)

詹姆斯・契爾夏 (James Cheshire), 奧利佛・伍博帝 (Oliver Uberti)
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｛英國製圖學會獎｝｛斯坦福斯印刷製圖獎｝｛約翰・C・巴塞洛繆主題製圖獎｝
【席捲主題製圖三大獎，資訊視覺化頂尖之作】
以細緻「資訊圖」轉化眾多趨勢的數據，
呈現難以察覺的人類社會潛藏運作模式！

幾個世紀以來，地圖描繪了許多具體可見的事物。
隨著資訊科技日益強大，如今我們既需要、也有了更進步的「資訊圖」，
得以呈現潛藏在資料集當中，形塑人類生活與世界趨勢的重要「模式」。

過去十年人們產生的資料，要比在那之前的一百年產生的還多，這些數據能反映出我們本身、我們的生活，乃至我們的世界。然而，隨著這些數據不斷累積，想要去蕪存菁、解讀其深意，從而加以善用，「資料素養」已成為現代人的必修課。資訊圖藉由圖表元素的形狀、顏色、大小、排列、對照等等的應用，能細膩、簡潔又精準地傳達大量數據所蘊含的要點，尤其是這些數據所探查到的「模式」。

本書作者一是地理資訊與製圖學教授，一是獲獎連連的設計編輯，兩人長年合作將大數據轉化成精細卻易懂的圖像。他們花費數年精心編纂這本書，滿懷好奇的觸及廣泛議題，以一目瞭然的資訊圖搭配短文，解說龐雜資料背後蘊含的洞見，像是：

◎提供救濟，比起異地安置或懲罰更能改善遊民問題；
◎了解跨境移動模式，有助於更有效率的救災與因應疾病大流行；
◎衛星照片拍到的各地發光狀況，透露出戰爭、經濟發展與城市化等的影響；
◎共享單車已成為全球趨勢，但作法需因地制宜；
◎厭女症會助長以性別為主的暴力行為；
◎船隻的航線不只擾動大海，也會攪動天空、造成更多閃電；
◎火災探測衛星的資料顯示，全球暖化導致的西伯利亞火災可能從未完全燒完……

全書切入「我們所到之處／我們是誰／我們表現得怎麼樣／我們所面對的事」等面向，說明許多體現當今世界觀的事例，讓讀者在驚艷於精美圖像的同時，吸收關於當今世界的奧祕與概況。（更詳盡的內容可參閱目錄與部分內頁縮圖）

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100 Group Games: Skills in Facilitating Group Games

Edited by Ping Kwong KAM
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Games help drive engagement, achieve goals, and ultimately promote development within a group. As such, it is important for group facilitators to be equipped with game skills to ensure a lively, vibrant, and motivated atmosphere. This book includes four theoretical essays by experienced game facilitators regarding the concept, practice sharing, and application skills of group game facilitation, as well as a collection of 100 practical group games covering ice-breaking, mutual understanding, group cooperation, and problem solving. This list of games is built on the experiences and contributions of the author and social work students.

(Excerpt from cityu.edu.hk/upress)

城創系列 : 6+STARTUPS 創新態度, 300+ 城大創新社群, 初創生態101

香港城市大學城創系列編輯委員會
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近年，「初創」成為香港的熱門話題，創業文化愈趨濃厚，整個初創環境愈來愈成熟，形成生氣蓬勃的生態圈。香港更有不少企業脫穎而出，獲得耀眼的成績，甚至打入國際市場，成為「獨角獸」企業。本系列通過訪問香港不同行業具代表性的企業創辦人，以及初創生態圈的各種範疇的持份者，期望通過初創企業人創業及經營業務的真實故事，以及持份者的專業意見與建議，讓那些計劃創業、正在創業或創業途中遇到困難的人有所啟發，鼓勵年輕創業人勇敢追夢。

「城創系列」叢書一套三本，包括，包括《初創生態101》、《6+ 創新態度》及《300+城大創新社群》。《初創生態 101》是一本初創企業的入門必讀書，為有志投身初創的人士解答方方面面的問題。《6+ 創新態度》專訪了六位資深 初創企業創辦人，記述他們的創業經歷和心得。《300+ 城大創新社群》訪問了香港城市大學HKTECH 300計劃中的 初創企業及策略夥伴，從中可見產、學、研的重要性。


6+STARTUPS 創新態度

+專訪6位香港成功初創企業創辦人
+分享成長經歷、創業經過及營商之道
+藉着有血有肉的真實故事
+發掘企業家的睿智與不屈不撓的精神
+以創新態度
+邁向成功之路

300+ 城大創新社群

記錄八個初創企業，如何透過創業資源及專業指導，逐步將創新意念商品化，將科研成果及專利真正「落地」應用，從種子開始成長蜕變，帶來創新價值。
城大 HK Tech 300啟動創新思維，與工商界合作夥伴共建創新社群，決心扶助初創企業，一同跨越創業的「死亡之谷」







初創生態101

有人說創業的路很孤獨， 然而初創企業並不是孤軍作戰的。 香港擁有成熟的初創生態圈，只要做好準備，了解圈內生態，就能如虎添翼，創出成功之路！

— 專訪初創生態圈各個範疇的持份者，為你解答創業的問題
— 連結初創生態圈，知己知彼，創業事半功倍
— 羅列出各種創業資訊，將創新意念付諸實行
— 初創企業新手入門必讀


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