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Parsons, Patrick R.

The cable and satellite television industries / Patrick R. Parsons and Robert M. Frieden. - Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1998. - xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index.

Preface
1 Converging Lines 1
2 Brief History of Cable and Satellite Television 19
3 How It Works: The Technology 68
4 Distribution, Competition, and Convergence: "The Waltz of the Elephants" 115
5 Content and Control: "It's the Programming (and Services)" 157
6 Multichannel Business Operations: The Real World 204
7 Law and Regulation 257
8 Television without Frontiers 295
9 Social Issues in Cable and Satellite Television: The Broadband Society 317
App. A Selected Programming Networks 349
App. B Selected Programming Network Ownership 353
Bibliography 357
Index 363

Captures the scope and detail of the impact of new technologies in the world of television and examines the convergence and competition of emerging television industries.

ISBN: 0205200133 (pbk.) 9780205200139 (pbk.)

LCCN: 97027532

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cable television--United States.
Televisión por cable --Estados Unidos
Artificial satellites in telecommunication--United States.
Satélites artificiales en telecomunicaciones--Estados Unidos
Television broadcasting--United States.
Transmisión televisiva --Estados Unidos

LC Class. No.: HE 8700.72 / P269c 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 384.55/5/0973