TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parsons,Patrick R.
AU  - Frieden,Robert M
TI  - The cable and satellite television industries
SN  - 0205200133 (pbk.)
AV  - HE 8700.72 P269c 1998
U1  - 384.55/5/0973 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Allyn and Bacon
KW  - Cable television
KW  - United States
KW  - Televisión por cable
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Artificial satellites in telecommunication
KW  - Satélites artificiales en telecomunicaciones
KW  - Television broadcasting
KW  - Transmisión televisiva
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -