New television, old politics : the transition to digital TV in the United States and Britain /

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This book examines the economic, political, and technological forces that are shaping the future of broadcasting in advanced industrialized nations by comparing the transition from analog to digital TV in the US and Britain. Digital TV involves a major reordering of the broadcast sector that require...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galperin, Hernan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004.
Colección:Communication, society, and politics.
Temas:
Television broadcasting > United States.
Digital television > Economic aspects > United States.
Television broadcasting > Great Britain.
Digital television > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Télévision > États-Unis.
Télévision numérique > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Télévision numérique > Aspect économique > Grande-Bretagne.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Television & Video.
Digital television > Economic aspects
Television broadcasting
Digitale televisie.
Economische aspecten.
Great Britain
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Series-title
  • Dedication
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • PART I A Political Economy of Digital TV
  • ONE Introduction
  • A DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
  • THE THREE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
  • Why Digital TV?
  • What Transition Strategies Have Governments Adopted?
  • How To Explain the Different Strategies Adopted?
  • THE MAIN ARGUMENT IN BRIEF
  • TWO Why Digital TV?
  • SALVAGING THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
  • THE INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION OF THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION AGENDA.
  • THE GREAT SPECTRUM CRUNCH
  • PART II The American Road to Digital TV
  • THREE The Genesis of Broadcast Regulation in the United States
  • THE PUBLIC INTEREST STANDARD
  • NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND REFORM
  • FOUR HDTV Comes to America
  • THE STANDARDS RACE
  • AN IMPERFECT ALLIANCE
  • FIVE A New Bargain
  • THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996
  • PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
  • SIX A Long Journey
  • TECHNICAL AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES
  • A FALTERING PLAN
  • PART III The British Road to Digital TV
  • SEVEN The European Context
  • THE MAC INITIATIVE AND THE TWF DIRECTIVE
  • The Post-MAC Era.
  • REGULATORY CONVERGENCE IN THE COMMUNITY
  • Competition Cases
  • EIGHT The Birth and Evolution of Analog TV in the United Kingdom
  • THE CONSERVATIVE REFORMS
  • NINE Being First: The Digital TV Race
  • THE WHITE PAPER ON DTT
  • THE BROADCASTING ACT OF 1996
  • TEN Murdoch Phobia?
  • AND THE LICENSES GO TO
  • THE GATEKEEPERS OF DIGITAL TV
  • Unlocking Competition: OFTEL's Approach
  • The BiB Case
  • ELEVEN Digital TV and the New Labour
  • THE TRANSITION TESTS AND THE REJECTION OF THE DLF
  • THE DEMISE OF ITV DIGITAL
  • PART IV New Television, Old Politics
  • TWELVE One Goal, Many Paths.
  • THE BRITISH WAY: COMPETITION AND CHANGE
  • THE AMERICAN WAY: INSTITUTIONALIZED INERTIA
  • THIRTEEN Explaining National Variations in Digital TV Policies
  • THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE
  • THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIENTATION OF BROADCASTING POLICIES
  • PATH-DEPENDENCY EFFECTS
  • FOURTEEN Conclusion: The Regulation of Digital Communications and the Resilience of National Regimes
  • REINTERPRETING MEDIA DEREGULATION
  • DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE NATION-STATE
  • References
  • Index.

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