Pioneers of Cable Television The Pennsylvania Founders of an Industry
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Taschenbuch
Altersempfehlung
ab 18 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
04.08.2005
Verlag
Ingram Publishers ServicesSeitenzahl
231
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/1.4 cm
Gewicht
318 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7864-2314-9
Although there are different opinions about where cable television actually began, a great deal of the ingenuity that developed cable into today's multibillion dollar industry came from Pennsylvania. In this state, with its mountainous geography, the need for an unusual means of obtaining a television signal gave birth to the community antenna television system that was the forerunner of the cable we know today. This volume traces the history of cable television through biographical sketches of those who were instrumental in bringing this technology to rural Pennsylvania. Enumerating technical as well as financial obstacles, each chapter focuses on the life of a cable pioneer. The contributions of such men as John Walson, Bob Tarleton, George Gardner and Ralph Roberts are discussed and their relationships to each other examined. Information drawn from interviews with these men or people who knew them brings history to life. Topics include the roots of cable television, problems of early cable systems and the advent of HBO and its consequences. An appendix offers a commemorative history of the Pennsylvania Cable Network, a joint project of several men discussed herein.
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