MC 2000 Lecture 1: mc2000_ch8telecablemobilevideo_0222
Document Summary
Television programs included: variety shows, situation comedies, dramas, soap operas, quiz shows, feature films, talk shows, television news and broadcasts. The nielson ratings were carried over from radio to record data about tv-watching habits: personal peoplemeter, total audience measurement index (tami, sweeps periods, share and c3 rating. The coming of cable: in 1948 appliance salesman john walson began wiring tv sets to a tower (as a way to increase sales of his. Tvs: in june of the same year walson had 727 subscribers for his community antenna television (catv) 2/22/16: master antenna television (matv, importation of distant signals, the public broadcasting act of 1967 united the educational channels into the public. Broadcasting services (pbs: there are 114. 7 million television households in the. Cable and satellite television: (1975) hbo began distributing movies by satellite as. 2/22/16: premium cable eroded broadcaster profits, fiber optic cable and public enthusiasm brought the medium to maturity.
