It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era

by Brian L. Ott, Marc Leverette, Cara Louise Buckley

Since first going on the air in 1972, HBO has continually attempted to redefine television as we know it. Today, pay television (and HBO in particular) is positioned as an alternative to network offerings, consistently regarded as the premier site for what has come to be called "quality television."

This collection of new essays by an international group of media scholars argues that HBO, as part of the leading edge of television,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041596038X
• ISBN13: 9780415960380
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"