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Success out of near disaster, finances taken to the edge of bankruptcy, resignations - this volume tells the dramatic stories of the major new commercial television developments in Britain between 1981-92.

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Introduction PART ONE: CHANNEL 4 The Fourth Channel: Conception to Birth Countdown to Countdown : Setting up the Channel and Getting on the Air Programmes, Reactions and Progress 1982-87: 'The Isaacs Years' Politics, Scheduling and Selling 1988-1992: 'The Grade Years' PART TWO: TV-AM Breakfast-time Contract: TV-am Financing, Ratings and Resignation Dyke to the Rescue Wizard of Oz From Packer to Bond Exit TV-am PART THREE: OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ITC Cable and Satellite

Independent Television in Britain Volume 6 New Developments in Independent Television 198192 Channel 4 TVam Cable and Satellite

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 12/13/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780333647745, 978-0333647745
      ISBN10: 0333647742
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      Book Synopsis
      Success out of near disaster, finances taken to the edge of bankruptcy, resignations - this volume tells the dramatic stories of the major new commercial television developments in Britain between 1981-92.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction PART ONE: CHANNEL 4 The Fourth Channel: Conception to Birth Countdown to Countdown : Setting up the Channel and Getting on the Air Programmes, Reactions and Progress 1982-87: 'The Isaacs Years' Politics, Scheduling and Selling 1988-1992: 'The Grade Years' PART TWO: TV-AM Breakfast-time Contract: TV-am Financing, Ratings and Resignation Dyke to the Rescue Wizard of Oz From Packer to Bond Exit TV-am PART THREE: OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ITC Cable and Satellite

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