Switching channels : organization and change in TV broadcasting / Richard E. Caves ; with Karen Guo ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caves, Richard E.

Contributor:

Guo, Karen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting--Economic aspects--United States.

Television broadcasting.

Television broadcasting--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Media critics invariably disparage the quality of programming produced by the U.S. television industry. But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE Tv Programs As Creative Goods

1. The Market for Broadcast Network Programming

2. Syndication

3. The Public Broadcasting System

PART TWO. Switching Channels and Program Quality

4. The Squeeze on Broadcasters' Rents

5. Cable Networks and Upgraded Cable Programming

6. Broadcast Networks, Stations, and Rents

PART THREE. Bargaining Tables and Media Conglomerates

7. Program Supply, Integration, And The Fin-Syn Rules

8. Broadcast Stations: Lengthening the Chains

9. Cable Networks and Cable Operators: Ownership Links and Carriage Decisions

Epilogue

Appendixes. Notes. Selected References. Index

Appendix A: Determinants of Affiliates' Compensation

Appendix B: Gains for Chains in Radio

Notes

Selected References

Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674029293

0674029291

OCLC:

1043608766