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Switching channels : organization and change in TV broadcasting /

Media critics invariably disparage the quality of programming produced by the U.S. television industry. But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Caves, Richard E.
Otros Autores: Guo, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The market for broadcast network programming
  • 2. Syndication
  • 3. The public broadcasting system
  • 4. The squeeze on broadcasters' rent
  • 5. Cable networks and upgraded cable programming
  • 6. Broadcast networks, stations, and rents
  • 7. Program supply, integration, and the Fin-Syn rules
  • 8. Broadcast stations : lengthening the chains
  • 9. Cable networks and cable operators : ownership links and carriage decisions
  • Appendix A: Determinants of affiliates' compensation
  • Appendix B: Gains for chains in radio.