Switching Channels : Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting / /
Caves, Richard E.
Switching Channels : Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting / / Karen Guo, Richard E. Caves. - 1 online resource (372 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE Tv Programs As Creative Goods -- 1. The Market for Broadcast Network Programming -- 2. Syndication -- 3. The Public Broadcasting System -- PART TWO. Switching Channels and Program Quality -- 4. The Squeeze on Broadcasters' Rents -- 5. Cable Networks and Upgraded Cable Programming -- 6. Broadcast Networks, Stations, and Rents -- PART THREE. Bargaining Tables and Media Conglomerates -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Notes. Selected References. Index -- Appendix A: Determinants of Affiliates' Compensation -- Appendix B: Gains for Chains in Radio -- Notes -- Selected References -- Index
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674018785 9780674029293
10.4159/9780674029293 doi
Television broadcasting--Economic aspects--United States.
Television broadcasting--United States.
PHILOSOPHY / General
PN1992.3.U5 / C34 2005eb
384.55/1/0973
Switching Channels : Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting / / Karen Guo, Richard E. Caves. - 1 online resource (372 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE Tv Programs As Creative Goods -- 1. The Market for Broadcast Network Programming -- 2. Syndication -- 3. The Public Broadcasting System -- PART TWO. Switching Channels and Program Quality -- 4. The Squeeze on Broadcasters' Rents -- 5. Cable Networks and Upgraded Cable Programming -- 6. Broadcast Networks, Stations, and Rents -- PART THREE. Bargaining Tables and Media Conglomerates -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Notes. Selected References. Index -- Appendix A: Determinants of Affiliates' Compensation -- Appendix B: Gains for Chains in Radio -- Notes -- Selected References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674018785 9780674029293
10.4159/9780674029293 doi
Television broadcasting--Economic aspects--United States.
Television broadcasting--United States.
PHILOSOPHY / General
PN1992.3.U5 / C34 2005eb
384.55/1/0973