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New Flows in Global TVby Albert Moran
Intellect 2009; US$ 20.00Although TV distribution has undergone a massive increase in volume and value over the past fifty years, there is a systematic lack of both curiosity and knowledge on the part of both industry and scholars about this area.This book assists in the filling of this gap by studying what, in fact, occurs in global trade in TV program formats within international markets such as Cannes, Las Vegas and Singapore. The study investigates key components of this trade, thereby elucidating the crucial dynamics at work in the most significant contemporary transnational cultural industry. more...
Desperately Seeking the Audienceby Ien Ang
Routledge 1991; US$ 42.95Ang's ethnographic perspective on the television audience gives new insights into our television culture, with the audience seen not as an object to be controlled, but as an active social subject. more...
Selling the Sixtiesby Robert Chapman
Routledge 1992; US$ 39.95The development of pirate radio is examined in a study , focusing on Radios Caroline and London, that looks beyond its hip image to analyse the populist consumerism and economic machinations involved. more...
Paying for Broadcastingby Tim Congdon; Andrew Graham; Gavyn Davies; Brian Sturgess; William B. Shew
Routledge 1992; US$ 80.00With British broadcasting standing on the threshold of immense change, this handbook leads a wide-ranging discussion of funding options open to broadcasters. more...
Television Across Asiaby Albert Moran; Michael Keane
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 39.95This book explores the trade in television program formats, which is a crucially important ingredient in the globalisation of culture, in Asia. more...
Introductory History of British Broadcastingby Andrew Crisell
Routledge 1997; US$ 33.95This is an accessible and concise history of British radio and television. The book considers key issues in broadcasting including its growth and evolution, its establishments and its relationship to social and political institutions. more...
Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplaceby Vincent Porter; Suzanne Hasselbach
Routledge 1991; US$ 130.00A study of the the re-regulation of the German broadcasting system since the mid 1980s when the public duopoly was challenged by the emergence of private networks in both radio and television. more...
Cable Cowboyby Mark Robichaux
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 16.95An inside look at a cable titan and his industry John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung heroes of our age by some and reviled by others as a ruthless robber baron, is revealed as a bit of both in Cable Cowboy. For more than twenty-five years, Malone has dominated the cable television industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communications, first with his cable company TCI and later with Liberty Media. Written with Malone's unprecedented cooperation, the engaging narrative brings this controversial capitalist and businessman to life. Cable Cowboy is at once a penetrating portrait of Malone's complex persona, and a captivating history of the cable TV industry. Told in a lively style with exclusive details, the book shows how an... more...
Europe's Digital Revolutionby David Levy
Routledge 2001; US$ 52.95This book assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems. more...
Television Policies of the Labour Party, 1951-2001by Des Freedman
Frank Cass 2003; US$ 68.95This work explores Labour's divided response to the development of commercial television in the 1950s and assesses the impact of Wilson's governments on television in the 1960s. more...