Mullen, Megan Gwynne, 1964-

Television in the multichannel age : a brief history of cable television / Megan Mullen. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2008. - x, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction - 2. Cable pre-history and the community antenna pioneers : before 1960 - 3. Regulatory beginnings: 1960-7 - 4. "Blue Sky" : 1968-74 - 5. Cable meets satellites : 1975-80 - 6. The satellite years : 1980-92 - 7. Multichannel television's mature years : 1993-present - 8. The view from 2007 : the future of multichannel television.

9781405149709 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Cable television--History.

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