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Author : Mary Alice Mayer Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)
Download or read book CATV: a History of Community Antenna Television written by Mary Alice Mayer Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Parsons
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1592137067
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)
Download or read book Blue Skies written by Patrick Parsons and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-05 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Roy Eric Xavier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Distant Signals written by Roy Eric Xavier and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Megan Mullen
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Television in the Multichannel Age written by Megan Mullen and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Brian Lockman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482729
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Pioneers of Cable Television written by Brian Lockman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Regulation of Community Antenna Television written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Regulation of Community Antenna Television written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Sarah Banet-Weiser
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814799493
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Cable Visions written by Sarah Banet-Weiser and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Richard Barton
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (67 download)
Download or read book From RABBIT EARS To TELEVISION ANTENNAS written by Richard Barton and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every term in the History of Telecom class I teach at Oregon State University, I always ask for a show of hands from students: "How many of you get your TV from an antenna?" I ask. "Not a satellite dish, an antenna. Rabbit ears, or a big thing on the roof." I usually see two or three hands, out of a class of 70 students. The fact is, broadcast TV is a ghost of its former self. Cable TV is how almost everyone gets his or her television these days. Cable TV - CATV, or "Community Antenna Television" - is a huge industry today. And it all started, believe it or not, with a guy on a rooftop in Astoria, Oregon, pursuing the sweet and simple goal of doing something nice for his wife. Here's how it happened:
Author : Megan Mullen
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292778694
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Cable Programming in the United States written by Megan Mullen and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Regulation of Community Antenna Television, Hearing, 89-1, May 28 - June 4, 1965 written by United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Cable Antenna Television (CATV). written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781419613227
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)
Download or read book How Catv Came to Texas - Lbj Country written by John Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, John Campbell growing up in "Small Town", Texas (LBJ Country) during the depression years and building the first CATV system in the state. History of Texas Community Antenna Television (CATV) . How it started in Mineral Wells with 3 channels and grew to 55 Plus. The untold story about competing with the LBJ crowd and building a CATV system in Austin "The Heart of LBJ Country" where he and his family owned the only TV station. The often told story of LBJ and his rise to power and riches. Plus: Some new untold stories, about the subject, from those that knew. The birth, in Texas, of interactive two-way cable TV systems as we know it today. A review of the National Cable TV scene, the Pioneers, the Cable Center and the Cable TV hall of fame.
Author : Priscilla Walker
Publisher : National Cable Television Center &
ISBN 13 : 9781891821004
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Milestones written by Priscilla Walker and published by National Cable Television Center &. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rena Friedlander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Process of Cable Television Franchising written by Rena Friedlander and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Felix Chin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cable Television written by Felix Chin and published by Springer. This book was released on 1978-04-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid expansion of the cable television industry during the past 25 years has stimulated an almost equally rapid incxease in the volume of cable television literature being produced each year. Moreover, the rate of gxowth of the number of publications is increasing: of about 7000 articles, studies, and. reports on cable TV published between 1950 and 1977, more than 5000 appeared in print after 1965. Needless to say, the quality and subject areas of all this material vary widely, as do the range of txeat ment and. degree of detail that characterize different publications. Because the array of infoxmation and sources available is so vast, and. because the usefulness of the published material is not uniformly high, this bibliography, while truly comprehensive in the range of topics covered, aims at judiCious selection rather than completeness. I have attempted to provide the reader with all the best material ever published on any topic related to one of the most active areas of broadcasting, cable television. The first section of the bibliography lists general reference materials such as cable television periodicals (including publish ers' names and addresses) and. cable television indexes to periodi cals and legal digests. The main body of the bibliography contains annotated citations arranged by topic under the following seven categories: general in formation and history, cable television regulation and policy, cable technology and channel capaCity, cable television finance and economics, uses of cable television, cable television and education, and community control and franchises.
Author : Thomas P. Southwick
Publisher : Apdg Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872887022
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Distant Signals written by Thomas P. Southwick and published by Apdg Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical book explains how the cable industry started, who the key companies and leaders were, what shaped it and how changes are occurring in the industry at the beginning of the 21st century. If you are involved or getting involved in the cable or television industry, this book is the perfect solution for making you an industry expert by giving you the history, technology overview and future projections for the cable and television industry.
