Pioneers of Cable Television
Subtitle: The Pennsylvania Founders of an Industry
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Publishers; McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: July 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780786423149
Subjects: Radio & television industry; Television - General; History; Businessmen; Performing Arts; Biography / Autobiography; Reference; Performing Arts/Dance; Pennsylvania; General; United States; Biography; Cable television
Description: "This volume traces the history of cable television through biographical sketches of those who were instrumental in bringing this technology to rural Pennsylvania. Topics include the roots of cable television, problems of early cable systems and the advent of HBO and its consequences. An appendix offers a commemorative history of the Pennsylvania Cable Network"--Provided by publisher.