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Television in the multichannel age: A brief history of cable television.

Publication: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Television in the multichannel age: A brief history of cable television.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Mullen, M.(2008). Television in the multichannel age: A brief history of cable television. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing. 238 pages.

With the inauguration of the domestic cable-satellite distribution system in 1975, television began a dramatic transformation, evolving from a system dominated by three national broadcast networks to the heterogeneous broadband distribution platform of today. With most U.S. households now receiving their programming via cable or direct broadcast satellite, the paucity of systematic, scholarly, historical writing on cable history is surprising. One of the few scholars toiling in this rich but under-cultivated field has been...

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