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Author : Mary Alice Mayer Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Cable television
ISBN : UCAL:B4540728
Author : Patrick Parsons
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781592137060
Cable television is arguably the dominant mass media technology in the U.S. today. Blue Skies traces its history in detail, depicting the important events and people that shaped its development, from the precursors of cable TV in the 1920s and '30s to the first community antenna systems in the 1950s, and from the creation of the national satellite-distributed cable networks in the 1970s to the current incarnation of "info-structure" that dominates our lives. Author Patrick Parsons also considers the ways that economics, public perception, public policy, entrepreneurial personalities, the social construction of the possibilities of cable, and simple chance all influenced the development of cable TV. Since the 1960s, one of the pervasive visions of "cable" has been of a ubiquitous, flexible, interactive communications system capable of providing news, information, entertainment, diverse local programming, and even social services. That set of utopian hopes became known as the "Blue Sky" vision of cable television, from which the book takes its title. Thoroughly documented and carefully researched, yet lively, occasionally humorous, and consistently insightful, Blue Skies is the genealogy of our media society.
Author : Megan Mullen
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292778696
Winner, McGannon Communications Research Award, 2004 In 1971, the Sloan Commission on Cable Communications likened the ongoing developments in cable television to the first uses of movable type and the invention of the telephone. Cable's proponents in the late 1960s and early 1970s hoped it would eventually remedy all the perceived ills of broadcast television, including lowest-common-denominator programming, inability to serve the needs of local audiences, and failure to recognize the needs of cultural minorities. Yet a quarter century after the "blue sky" era, cable television programming closely resembled, and indeed depended upon, broadcast television programming. Whatever happened to the Sloan Commission's "revolution now in sight"? In this book, Megan Mullen examines the first half-century of cable television to understand why cable never achieved its promise as a radically different means of communication. Using textual analysis and oral, archival, and regulatory history, she chronicles and analyzes cable programming developments in the United States during three critical stages of the medium's history: the early community antenna (CATV) years (1948-1967), the optimistic "blue sky" years (1968-1975), and the early satellite years (1976-1995). This history clearly reveals how cable's roots as a retransmitter of broadcast signals, the regulatory constraints that stymied innovation, and the economic success of cable as an outlet for broadcast or broadcast-type programs all combined to defeat most utopian visions for cable programming.
Author : Kenneth J. Easton
Publisher : East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 189590028X
Author : Priscilla Walker,Matt Stump
Publisher : National Cable Television Center &
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Cable television
ISBN : 1891821008
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Cable television
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119660996
Author : Sarah Banet-Weiser,Cynthia Chris,Anthony Freitas
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814799499
Looks 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.
Author : Brian Lockman,Don Sarvey
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786482729
Although there are different opinions about where cable television actually began, a great deal of the ingenuity that developed cable into today’s multibillion dollar industry came from Pennsylvania. In this state, with its mountainous geography, the need for an unusual means of obtaining a television signal gave birth to the community antenna television system that was the forerunner of the cable we know today. This volume traces the history of cable television through biographical sketches of those who were instrumental in bringing this technology to rural Pennsylvania. Enumerating technical as well as financial obstacles, each chapter focuses on the life of a cable pioneer. The contributions of such men as John Walson, Bob Tarleton, George Gardner and Ralph Roberts are discussed and their relationships to each other examined. Information drawn from interviews with these men or people who knew them brings history to life. Topics include the roots of cable television, problems of early cable systems and the advent of HBO and its consequences. An appendix offers a commemorative history of the Pennsylvania Cable Network, a joint project of several men discussed herein.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Cable television
ISBN : UCAL:$B654340
Author : Megan Mullen
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123357969
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. 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
Author : Ralph Negrine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135038830
Originally published in 1985, this book surveys developments in cable television in the major industrialised countries with chapters specifically authored on each area. It looks at the technology, its potential, and how far it had been implemented, considering the reaction of governments, existing broadcasting corporations and licensing authorities. Going on to assess future trends, a discussion of the likely effects of cable on communications, society and economy is an enlightening read now.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Cable television
ISBN : UCAL:$B655169
Committee Serial No. 89-34. Considers H.R. 13286, to amend Communications Act of 1934 to authorize FCC regulation of cable television and radio systems, and H.R. 12914 and similar H.R. 14201, to prohibit FCC regulation of cable television and radio systems.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Cable television
ISBN : LOC:00183871109
Author : United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045422362
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Cable television
ISBN : UOM:39015032384821
