This book analyzes the effectiveness of the federal government's vacillating regulatory policy toward the cable television industry.

Cable television is arguably the dominant mass media technology in the U.S. today. Blue Skies traces its history in detail, depicting the important events and p

Network industries comprise a large sector of the US economy. This text shows that public policy concerns are not accidental, because such industries often embo

Explores the achievements of European broadcasting and attempts to assess the potential for maintaining its public function in changing circumstances. It also s

The significant changes that have swept the television industry over the last two decades, most notably a shift to deregulation in broadcast media, prompt a dis