Textbook

Television in the Multichannel Age: A Brief History of Cable Television

ISBN: 978-1-4051-4970-9

Paperback

252 pages

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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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