Cable Visions Television Beyond Broadcasting

Name: Cable Visions Television Beyond Broadcasting
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ISBN: 9780814799505

ISBN-10: 0814799507

ISBN-13: 9780814799505

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Cynthia Chris, Anthony Freitas

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"Through a series of highly original and carefully researched essays, Cable Visions offers a lively and comprehensive survey of the contemporary multichannel television landscape in the United States."--William Boddy, author of New Media and Popular Imagination: Launching Radio, Television, and Digital Media in the United StatesCable television, on the brink of a boom in the 1970s, promised audiences a new media frontier-an expansive new variety of entertainment and information choices. Music video, 24-hour news, 24-hour weather, movie channels, children's channels, home shopping, and channels targeting groups based on demographic characteristics or interests were introduced. Cable Visions…

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Institutions and Audiences


Introduction



The Moms 'n' Pops of CATV




A Taste of Class: Pay-TV and the Commodification of Television in Postwar America




Cable's Digital Future




If It's Not TV, What Is It? The Case of U.S. Subscription Television




Where the Cable Ends: Television beyond Fringe Areas




Channels


Introduction



Discovery's Wild Discovery: The Growth and Globalization of TV's Animal Genres




Tunnel Vision and Food: A Political-Economic Analysis of Food Network




Target Market Black: BET and the Branding of African America




Monolingualism, Biculturalism, and Cable TV: HBO Latino and the Promise of the Multiplex




Gay Programming, Gay Publics: Public and Private Tensions in Lesbian and Gay Cable Channels




The Nickelodeon Brand: Buying and Selling the Audience




Cable Programs: The Platinum Age of Television?


Introduction



Cable Watching: HBO, The Sopranos, and Discourses of Distinction




Bank Tellers and Flag Wavers: Cable News in the United States




Dualcasting: Bravo's Gay Programming and the Quest for Women Audiences




"I'm Rich, Bitch!!!": The Comedy of Chappelle's Show




Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment's Global Reach: Latino Fans and Wrestlers



About the Contributors


Index