New Television, Old Politics: The Transition to Digital TV in the United States and Britain

Hernan Galperin

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511510083

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Figures and Tables
pp ix-x

Preface and Acknowledgments
pp xi-xii

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
pp xiii-xvi

PART I - A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DIGITAL TV
pp 1-2

1 - Introduction
pp 3-24

2 - Why Digital TV?
pp 25-52

PART II - THE AMERICAN ROAD TO DIGITAL TV
pp 53-54

3 - The Genesis of Broadcast Regulation in the United States
pp 55-70

4 - HDTV Comes to America
pp 71-89

5 - A New Bargain
pp 90-108

6 - A Long Journey
pp 109-126

PART III - THE BRITISH ROAD TO DIGITAL TV
pp 127-128

7 - The European Context
pp 129-146

8 - The Birth and Evolution of Analog TV in the United Kingdom
pp 147-163

9 - Being First: The Digital TV Race
pp 164-185

10 - Murdoch Phobia?
pp 186-208

11 - Digital TV and the New Labour
pp 209-226

PART IV - NEW TELEVISION, OLD POLITICS
pp 227-228

12 - One Goal, Many Paths
pp 229-247

13 - Explaining National Variations in Digital TV Policies
pp 248-271

14 - Conclusion: The Regulation of Digital Communications and the Resilience of National Regimes
pp 272-288

References
pp 289-302

Index
pp 303-311

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