The Digital Television Revolution [electronic resource] : Origins to Outcomes /
Starks, M.author.
This account of the global switch to digital television, from its origins to its emerging outcomes, provides an understanding of how digital television is converging with the Internet. It pictures a future in which the democratic role of the media, freedom of expression and democratic participation can be enhanced.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The impetus for digital television -- The digital terrestrial pioneers -- The UK's digital transition -- Europe's coordinated timetable -- The wider global picture -- How to switch off analogue tv -- Converged communications -- Cross-media regulation? -- Public service digital media -- The democratic dividend -- In conclusion.
This account of the global switch to digital television, from its origins to its emerging outcomes, provides an understanding of how digital television is converging with the Internet. It pictures a future in which the democratic role of the media, freedom of expression and democratic participation can be enhanced.
Communication.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures—History.
Computer science.
Computers and civilization.
Media Studies.
Screen Studies.
Film History.
Media and Communication.
Popular Computer Science.
Computers and Society.