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BL
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991266
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b745636
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| Main Entry
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Caves, Richard E.
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| Title & Author
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Switching channels : : organization and change in TV broadcasting /\ Richard E. Caves ; with Karen Guo [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (ix, 360 pages)
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0674029291
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: 9780674029293
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0674018788
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9780674018785
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. The market for broadcast network programming -- 2. Syndication -- 3. The public broadcasting system -- 4. The squeeze on broadcasters' rent -- 5. Cable networks and upgraded cable programming -- 6. Broadcast networks, stations, and rents -- 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 -- -- Appendix A: Determinants of affiliates' compensation -- Appendix B: Gains for chains in radio.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Television broadcasting-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Television broadcasting-- United States.
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Télévision-- Aspect économique-- États-Unis.
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Télévision-- États-Unis.
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Fernsehsendung
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Organisation
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Television Video.
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Television broadcasting-- Economic aspects.
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Television broadcasting.
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Wirtschaftlichkeit
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Economische aspecten.
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Televisie.
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Televisieprogramma's.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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384.55/1/0973
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| LC Classification
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PN1992.3.U5C34 2005eb
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05.36bcl
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| Added Entry
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Guo, Karen.
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