Description
Book SynopsisCricket and broadcasting discusses the roles of radio and television within English cricket since the beginnings of broadcasting. It explains how and why cricket has been increasingly shaped by its relationship with broadcasting. -- .
Trade ReviewWilliams makes a compelling argument for a need to develop a detailed study of the relationship between cricket and broadcasting in order to understand how radio, and then television, transformed the sport.
Richard Haynes, Sport in History, 10/10/2012
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
List of images
List of tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The extent of cricket broadcasting
2. Broadcasters and cricket
3. The evolution of radio cricket coverage
4. The television presentation of cricket
5. Broadcasting and images of cricket
6. Broadcasting and the financing of cricket
7. Broadcasting and the playing and watching of cricket
8. Broadcasting, players and stars
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
