Canadian Television Today
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Language
English
ISBN
978-1-55238-674-3
Cover
Title Page
Bibliographic Information
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Canadian Television Today
The Field of Canadian Television Studies
Nation/State/Culture
Multiculturalism Meets Globalization
Television and Its Audiences
Redirecting the Flow
Chapter One: Regulation
The Producers
The Broadcasters
The Cable Industry
The Viewers
The CRTC: Servant to Which Master?
Alternative Airwaves: Commiunity Television and European Broadcasting in Context
Conclusion
Chapter Two: Programming
Primetime Scheduling and Simultaneous Substitution
Entertainment Programming: What Makes a Story Canadian?
Returning to the Local: Information Programming
Conclusion
Chapter Three: Technology
Television and Telecommunications
The Digital Video Recorder
The DVD Player
Peer-to-Peer Network File-Sharing
High Definition Television: The Technological McGuffin
Conclusion
Conclusion
Works Cited
I N D E X
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