Television at the crossroads
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Bibliographic Information
Television at the crossroads
Palgrave, 2001
- : cloth
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 effects of this and consider whether anything can be done to maintain the standards and quality of television at a time of unlimited competition.
Table of Contents
Dedication List of Tables List of Figures Foreword PART I: THE FRAMEWORK Moving the Goalposts Needs Must when Innovation Drives The Accountants Drive Out the Guardians PART II: THE CONTENT That's All We Have Time For: News and Current Affairs Sport: Does the Tail Wag the Dog? The Battle for Ratings: Peak Hour Schedules The Exploitation of Emotion Minority Programmes: A Major Problem PART III: THE FUTURE Shoring-up the Stable Door: The Limits of Regulation Professionals in Search of a Profession Television at the Crossroads: Which Way to Turn? Bibliography Index
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