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The article focuses on the rising popularity of cable television to provide sight-sound-data services to the public and private sectors in the U.S. The factors that contribute to the emergence of cable television are research and development, experimentation, rising costs of transportation due to th...
| Publicado en: | America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Vol. 139; no. 18; pp. 402 - 405 |
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America Media
12/2/1978
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on the rising popularity of cable television to provide sight-sound-data services to the public and private sectors in the U.S. The factors that contribute to the emergence of cable television are research and development, experimentation, rising costs of transportation due to the energy crisis and complaints against commercial broadcasting. Cable television offers augmented programming such as sports, movies and performances. Television viewers are willing to pay for the high cost of cable television in return for various services. |
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