Cable Visions
Author: Sarah Banet-Weiser
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0814799493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks 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.