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Blue Skies
Author | : Patrick Parsons |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 816 |
Release | : 2008-04-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1592137067 |
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.
Cable Visions
Author | : Sarah Banet-Weiser |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0814799493 |
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.
Cable Visions
Author | : Sarah Banet-Weiser |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0814799507 |
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.
Visions of Cablevision
Author | : Robert L. Steiner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Cable television |
ISBN | : |
Cable Cowboy
Author | : Mark Robichaux |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2002-10-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0471434329 |
An inside look at a cable titan and his industry John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung heroes of our age by some and reviled by others as a ruthless robber baron, is revealed as a bit of both in Cable Cowboy. For more than twenty-five years, Malone has dominated the cable television industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communications, first with his cable company TCI and later with Liberty Media. Written with Malone's unprecedented cooperation, the engaging narrative brings this controversial capitalist and businessman to life. Cable Cowboy is at once a penetrating portrait of Malone's complex persona, and a captivating history of the cable TV industry. Told in a lively style with exclusive details, the book shows how an unassuming copper strand started as a backwoods antenna service and became the digital nervous system of the U.S., an evolution that gave U.S. consumers the fastest route to the Internet. Cable Cowboy reveals the forces that propelled this pioneer to such great heights, and captures the immovable conviction and quicksilver mind that have defined John Malone throughout his career.
The Wired Nation
Author | : Ralph Lee Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |