Digital broadcasting
Subtitle: policy and practice in the Americas, Europe and Japan
By: edited by Martin Cave and Kiyoshi Nakamura.
Contributors: Cave, Martin.; Nakamura, Kiyoshi, 1946-
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Northampton MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Television broadcasting -- Cross-cultural studies.; Television broadcasting policy -- Cross-cultural studies.; Digital television -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "Digital television is transforming both broadcasting and, as a result of convergence, the larger world of communications. The impending analogue switch-off will have a major impact on households all over the developed world. Digital Broadcasting considers the effects of digital television on the availability, price and nature of broadcast services in the Americas, Europe and Japan. It shows how this depends upon what platforms -- cable, satellite, fixed or wireless broadband -- countries have available for use and also upon government policies and regulatory interventions.

Regulators, executives and consultants in the broadcasting and communications sector will find much to engage them within the book. Researchers and academics of industrial and public sector economics will also find the book of great interest. Students in media studies or business courses can also use the book as additional reading"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.