Independent Television in Britain: Volume 6 New Developments in Independent Television 1981-92: Channel 4, Tv-Am, Cable and Satellite

by L Aston, P Bonner, Paul Bonner, et al.

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. This is an authoritative account, from the people involved and from official documents, of the launches and first ten years of Channel 4 and TV-am, the expansion of cable television and early difficulties of satellite broadcasting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349396206
• ISBN13: 9781349396207
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 483 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"