Television at the Crossroads

by Bryan Luckham and George Wedell

Television had, until recently, a social and cultural purpose. The BBC, and to a lesser extent ITV and Channel 4, were committed by the legal instruments establishing them to develop and maintain these purposes. With the enlargement of the range of choices for viewers by digital television and the provision of access to cable and satellite TV and the Internet, the role of the terrestrial television channels is being diluted. The authors examine the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333716469
• ISBN13: 9780333716465
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"