Parsons, Patrick R.  <br/><br/>
The cable and satellite television industries / 
Patrick R. Parsons and Robert M. Frieden. 
 - Boston :  Allyn and Bacon,  c1998. 
 - xii, 370 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface<br/>1 Converging Lines 1<br/>2 Brief History of Cable and Satellite Television 19<br/>3 How It Works: The Technology 68<br/>4 Distribution, Competition, and Convergence: "The Waltz of the Elephants" 115<br/>5 Content and Control: "It's the Programming (and Services)" 157<br/>6 Multichannel Business Operations: The Real World 204<br/>7 Law and Regulation 257<br/>8 Television without Frontiers 295<br/>9 Social Issues in Cable and Satellite Television: The Broadband Society 317<br/>App. A Selected Programming Networks 349<br/>App. B Selected Programming Network Ownership 353<br/>Bibliography 357<br/>Index 363 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0205200133 (pbk.) 9780205200139 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97027532  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cable television--United States.<br/>Televisión por cable --Estados Unidos <br/>Artificial satellites in telecommunication--United States.<br/>Satélites artificiales en telecomunicaciones--Estados Unidos <br/>Television broadcasting--United States.<br/>Transmisión televisiva --Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE 8700.72  / P269c 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>384.55/5/0973