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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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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Title
Switching channels.
International Standard Book Number
9780674018785
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Television broadcasting-- Economic aspects-- United States.