New Television, Old Politics: The Transition to Digital TV in the United States and Britain

by Hernan Galperin

Book Overview

Digital TV offers many advantages over analog TV, but the transition process is complex and costly. This book explains how the process is unfolding in the U.S. and Britain and explores the changes in the legal framework and the industry structure associated with it. It is a unique study about the technological, political, and social factors shaping the emergence of the Information Society in the U.S. and Europe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521041201
• ISBN13: 9780521041201
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"