The Cable And Satellite Television Industries

Author : Patrick Parsons
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cable and Satellite Television Industries written by Patrick Parsons and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 1998 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of cable and satellite delivered television is constantly evolving and changing with new technology. These new technologies, especially the transition to digital distribution, are altering the world of television. The momentous results of these changes can be seen in the convergence of communications markets and services. This is the only book on the market that successfully captures the scope and detail of these developments. It examines the convergence and competition of emerging television industries both domestically and internationally. This book's clarity and comprehensibility make it accessible to readers without a background in these areas. Also, current employees in the industry will benefit from the broad based topics of the industry that are explored in this book. These topics include chapters on history, technology, industry structure, industry programming and services, daily operations, law and policy, international activities, and social issues. Also included is a detailed discussion of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, as well as other legal issues that are crucial to a clear understanding of the industry. Ultimately this book is a detailed review of where cable and satellite has come from, what it is like today, where it is headed and why, and how it relates to other media. Industry gurus and novices alike. Part of the Allyn & Bacon Series inMass Communication.

Author : Walter McDowell
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820474854
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Broadcast Television written by Walter McDowell and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From unraveling the confusion surrounding digital TV to revealing the inner workings of Nielsen ratings Broadcast Television: A Complete Guide to the Industry takes an impartial and in-depth look at the business of commercial television. Unlike many books addressing this topic, the purpose of this primer is not to support a partisan opinion about what is right or wrong with television but rather to provide objective information from which the reader can make his or her own judgments. To that end the organization and presentation style is also unique in that the industry is explained as a dynamic and interdependent system of technology, economics, and regulation. This systems approach to learning helps the reader understand better the interwoven parts of television business. As a concise and highly focused overview of the business of commercial television, Broadcast Television: A Complete Guide to the Industry can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to other course readings addressing an array of topics involving television today.

Author : James Robert Walker
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Broadcast Television Industry written by James Robert Walker and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 1998 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first look at the particular strengths and weaknesses of broadcast television written during the new age of television: an era that includes cable, home video, and digital satellite systems as competing distribution systems.The Broadcast Television Industry is a current, comprehensive review of the dominant distributor of television programming in the United States. The book reviews the history and current practices of both commercial and public television. Separate chapters explore the regulation of television, the operation of local stations and national networks, audience research, the impact of our most pervasive medium, and the future of broadcasting as a means of television distribution in an increasingly competitive environment. Broadcast and cable television managers and employees.Part of the Allyn & Bacon Series in Mass Communication

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Definition Television written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Parsons
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1592137067
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies written by Patrick Parsons and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-05 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cable television is arguably the dominant mass media technology in the U.S. today. Blue Skies traces its history in detail, depicting the important events and people that shaped its development, from the precursors of cable TV in the 1920s and '30s to the first community antenna systems in the 1950s, and from the creation of the national satellite-distributed cable networks in the 1970s to the current incarnation of "info-structure" that dominates our lives. Author Patrick Parsons also considers the ways that economics, public perception, public policy, entrepreneurial personalities, the social construction of the possibilities of cable, and simple chance all influenced the development of cable TV. Since the 1960s, one of the pervasive visions of "cable" has been of a ubiquitous, flexible, interactive communications system capable of providing news, information, entertainment, diverse local programming, and even social services. That set of utopian hopes became known as the "Blue Sky" vision of cable television, from which the book takes its title. Thoroughly documented and carefully researched, yet lively, occasionally humorous, and consistently insightful, Blue Skies is the genealogy of our media society.

Author : William M. Kunz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742540668
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture Conglomerates written by William M. Kunz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains conglomeration and regulation in the film and television industries, covering its history as well as the contemporary scene. Useful as a supplement for a variety of media courses, this text includes synopses of key media regulations and policies, discussion questions, a glossary, and entertaining boxed features.

Author : Sarah Banet-Weiser
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814799493
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cable Visions written by Sarah Banet-Weiser and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives, to critically consider the capacity of commercial media to serve the public interest. This work offers an overview of the industry's history and regulatory trends, case studies of cable newcomers aimed at niche markets, and analyses of programming forms introduced by cable TV.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Satellite/cable Competition written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas W. Hazlett
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
ISBN 13 : 9780844740690
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Policy Toward Cable Television written by Thomas W. Hazlett and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the effectiveness of the federal government's vacillating regulatory policy toward the cable television industry.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book S. 303, Satellite Television Act of 1999 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: