The birth of British television
Subtitle: a history
By: Mark Aldridge
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780230277694
Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism; Television broadcasting; Television; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General; History
Description: "This is the story of how television in Britain developed from whimsical techno-fad to everyday household object. With coverage of pioneering early domestic models and influential international developments, the text tracks the energetic inventors, cynics, developers and beneficiaries who ensured the creation of this beloved medium"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: PART I: PRIVATE TELEVISION; title: The Pioneers of Television; title: From Experiments to Business; title: Television's Power Struggle; title: PART II: PUBLIC TELEVISION; title: Attitudes Towards Television; title: Deciding on Television's Future; title: Television Faces the Public; title: PART III: WIDER PERSPECTIVES; title: Views of Television From the Outside; title: A Public Launch; title: PART IV: EARLY TELEVISION'S LEGACY; title: Programming for the Public; title: What the Viewer Saw; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography/Filmography/Archive Sources; title: References & Notes.