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Book SynopsisTelevision technology is now changing at the same pace as computer software. What this meansâfor TV, for computers, and for popular culture where video media reign supremeâis the subject of this timely book. Owen looks at the economic history of the television industry and at the effects of technology and government regulation on its organization.
Trade ReviewFocusing on both the effects of government regulation on the television business and the economics of communication technology, Owen, a communications economist, presents insights in both areas that are refreshingly different from the mass of speculation recently published about the nexus between television and the Internet...Owen's book is recommended for anyone interested in the television industry or the economics of the telecommunications industry. -- B. P. Keating * Choice *
An instructive...volume on emerging technology in the fields of television, telephony, and computers. * Kirkus Reviews *
This book provides an insightful view of the evolution of new media technologies by the leading authority on video economics. -- Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
