Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781137273345 |
| ISBN10: | 1137273348 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 264 pages |
| Size: | 216x140 mm |
| Weight: | 4385 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | XVII, 264 p. Figures |
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The Digital Television Revolution
Origins to Outcomes
Edition number: 2013
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication: 15 August 2013
Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
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Short description:
This account of the global switch to digital television, from its origins to its emerging outcomes, provides an understanding of how digital television is converging with the Internet. It pictures a future in which the democratic role of the media, freedom of expression and democratic participation can be enhanced.
Long description:
This account of the global switch to digital television, from its origins to its emerging outcomes, provides an understanding of how digital television is converging with the Internet. It pictures a future in which the democratic role of the media, freedom of expression and democratic participation can be enhanced.
"Starks presents a persuasive argument that with the right amount of citizen awareness and political management, there is clear opportunity to create a new and better order of television." - Gregory Taylor, International Journal of Digital Television
"The Digital Television Revolution is at its most valuable in the clarity of its historical account: the careful selection of detail and the analysis of the meaning of every twist and turn of digital history's early development..." - Michael Allen, Critical Studies in Television
Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction PART I 1. The Impetus for Digital Television 2. The Digital Terrestrial Pioneers 3. The UK's Digital Transition 4. Europe's Coordinated Timetable 6. The Wider Global Picture PART II 6. How to Switch Off Analogue TV 7. Converged Communications 8. Cross-media Regulation? 9. Public Service Digital Media 10. The Democratic Dividend In Conclusion References Index
