New Television, Old Politics: The Transition to Digital TV in the United States and Britain

List of figures and tables Preface and acknowledgements List of acronyms and abbreviations Part I. A Political Economy of Digital TV: 1. Introduction 2. Why digital TV? Part II. The American Road to Digital TV: 3. The genesis of broadcast regulation in the United States 4. HDTV comes to America 5. A new bargain 6. A long journey Part III. The British Road to Digital TV: 7. The European context 8. The birth and evolution of analog TV in the United Kingdom 9. Being first: the Digital TV race 10. Murdoch phobia? 11. Digital TV and the new Labour Part IV. New Television, Old Politics: 12. One goal, many paths 13. Explaining national variations in digital TV policies 14. Conclusion: the regulation of digital communications and the resilience of national regimes References Index.

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