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Title: Television in the Multichannel Age
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Brief History of Cable Television
Author: Megan Mullen
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781405149709
ISBN: 9781405149709
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Genre: Films & TV
Release Date: 11/01/2008
Description: Television in the Multichannel Age is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the history of multichannel television in all its forms – from cable to direct-to-home satellite and beyond. Chapter by chapter, the book traces the evolution of cable television from its pre-historical origins in the late 1940s to the communications satellites and DBS distribution systems of the modern digital age, both in the U.S. and internationally.

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• Guides the reader through the history of multichannel television from its origins in the ‘40s to the modern age
  
• Discusses factors that influence today’s television landscape including government policy-making, emerging technologies, and the public’s programming tastes
  
• Concentrates on domestic multichannel technologies while considering global impacts of these technologies
  
• Includes newly discovered oral history transcripts, personal interviews, government documents, and never before seen photographs
  
• Presents a fascinating history of media that have come to play critical roles in today’s society, and in doing so invites the reader to speculate on the future of multichannel television

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