Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting

by Cynthia Chris

Book Overview

Cable television, on the brink of a boom in the 1970s, promised audiences a new media frontier-an expansive new variety of entertainment and information choices. Music video, 24-hour news, 24-hour weather, movie channels, children's channels, home shopping, and channels targeting groups based on demographic characteristics or interests were introduced.
Cable Visions looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814799507
• ISBN13: 9780814799505
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"