With a New IntroductionUnsurpassed since its first publication, Inside Prime Time is the only book to take us behind the scenes to reveal how prime-time shows get on the air, stay on the air, and are
For those planning and designing cellular mobile telecommunications systems, Ortigoza-Guerrero and Aghvami (both telecommunications, King's College, London) address the problem of allocating channels
Documents the role of the West's international broadcasters, such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and the BBC World Service, in using propaganda and other information to assist in bringing ab
The 17 papers analyze and suggest national and international public policy on the telecommunications and information industries. They take on such issues as telephone number portability, anti-competit
By any standards, the most eclectic form of broadcasting in the U.S. today is called low-power television (LPTV). Not an insignificant blip in the industry, LPTV offers true local and community progra
In 1964, NBC clerk Michael Eisner made $65 a week. Though he only took one business course in his life--accounting--he did have a head for business: as CEO of Disney, he earned over half a billion buc
Western scholars have not lost any of their fascination for East German culture. Cinema in particular continues to attract interest. This volume, the first one in English, traces the development of th
Linder examines the theoretical and philosophical under-pinnings as well as the nuts and bolts of public access television in the United States. She addresses the real problems faced by public access
Microradio and Democracy discusses the role of citizen access to communications in a democratic society, and how diversity, localism, and core political speech are undermined by corporate control of t
In World Trade since 1431, Peter Hugill showed how the interplay of technology and geography guided the evolution of the modern global capitalistic system. Now, in the successor to that widely acclai
The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident. Television as the privileged medium for the dissemin
Latin American Television makes English speakers aware of the dimensions, operation, and significance of the globalization of television in the Spanish-speaking world. Second only in scale to the mark
"Selling is identifying and satisfying customer needs profitably. Profitable for you, profitable for them."Diane Sutter, President and CEO of Shooting Star Broadcasting , owner of KTAB-TV, Abilene, Te
The passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 inaugurated a new and highly volatile era in telecommunications. The first major overhaul of U.S.communications law since 1934--when no one had a tele
Richard Collins explores public service television's role in fostering pan-European cultural identity. Based on extensive primary research, interviews with participants and analysis of key European pr
New edition of a text on CTI, which the author defines by quoting Lois B. Levick: "A technology platform that merges voice and data services at the functional level to add tangible benefits to busines
