FILM 2401 Lecture Notes - Gulf And Western Industries, Mccarthyism, Cuban Missile Crisis
28 Nov 2012
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[2] early television industry was an oligopoly (cbs, nbc in the 1950"s, two most important) [3] commercial, entertainment uses have prevailed over education uses. Sponsors became an early player in the television industry. Paid for programs and were responsible for getting shows on the air. Network was not responsible for producing programs; they were responsible for airing it. A radio genre in the us before it moved to television. Ran for 6 seasons and was number 1 for 4 of them. When it went off air after 180 days, it was still number 1. One of the first television series to be filmed. 2 other popular shows in the 1960"s star trek and mission. Impossible, bought out by gulf & western (paramount"s parent company at the time in 1967) An inter-imperial rivalry between the us and the soviet union. The 2 superpowers competed with each other in economics, science, politics, culture and in military affairs.
