The cable and satellite television industries /
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| Author / Creator: | Parsons, Patrick. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1998. |
| Description: | xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series in mass communication Allyn & Bacon mass communication series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2955896 |
Table of Contents:
- All Chapters begin with "Introduction" and close with "Endnotes"
- Preface
- 1. Converging Lines
- A Snapshot of the Industries
- Convergence
- Summary
- 2. A Brief History of Cable and Satellite Television
- A Pre-History of Cable TV
- The Pioneers
- Mom-n-Pop: The Early Operations
- The Frozen 1960's
- The Early 1970's: Thaw and Renewal
- Launching a New Era in Television
- Blue Skies, Redux
- The Cable-Satellite Explosion of the 1980's
- Control and Competition
- Epilogue
- 3. How it Works - The Technology
- Transmission Pathways
- Being Digital
- Distribution Systems
- ATM.Dueling Systems
- A Concluding Note
- 4. "The Waltz of the Elephants:" Distribution, Competition, and Convergence
- The Distribution Landscape
- Wireline Distribution
- Broadcasting
- The Satellite Industry
- Dancing in the Dark
- 5. "It's the Programming (and Services):" Content and Control
- Software: Programming and Services
- Programming
- Telephone Services
- Data Communications
- The Multimedia Future
- Merger Mania
- 6. The Real World-Multichannel Business Operations
- Cable Systems
- Satellite and Telco Operations
- Program Networks
- Industry Associations
- A Concluding Note
- 7. Law and Regulation
- Congress and the Legislative Framework
- The Executive Branch
- The Federal Communications Commission
- The Judiciary
- Cable Television and the First Amendment
- Spectrum Management Basics
- International Policy and Regulation
- Summary
- 8. Television Without Frontiers
- Why Satellites?
- International Cable and Satellite Ventures
- Network Globalization
- The International Launch Industry
- Privatization of Satellite Cooperatives
- A Concluding Note
- 9. The Broadband Society - Social Issues in the Cable-Satellite Industries
- The Information Society
- Using Multichannel TV
- Viewing Habits and Fragmentation
- Information Rich and Information Poor
- Privacy in the Information Age
- Television Violence
- Multichannel TV and Socialization
- Multichannel Television and Political Life
- A Concluding Note
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index