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| CATV's origination and initial uses |
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Originally called
Community Antenna TV |
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| FCC Regulation in the 1960s concerning cable system importation of distant program signals |
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- Local communities, states and the FCC were to regulate cable
- New systems would have a minimum of 20 channels
- There would be carriage of all local stations
- There would be regulations on importing distant signals
- Pay cable services would be approved
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| Role of satellites in developing pay channels (HBO), cable networks (CNN) and super stations (WTBS) |
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| Ted Turner and formatiom of cable-specific program networks |
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| Ted Turner is the founder of WTBS and CNN |
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| Gerald Levin and formation of cable-specific program networks |
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| Gerald Levin is the founder of HBO |
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| Deregulatory provisions contained within the Cable Act of 1984 |
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Having regulation at the federal, national, state and local
now just local communites |
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| Why did cable growth surge in the late 1970's and 1980's? |
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| Rise of competition from TVRO and DBS |
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TV Receiving Only—real big dishes (17-foot dishes)
popular option for people who could not get cable.
DBS—what exists today (18-inch dishes)
took the nation by storm in the mid-1990s |
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| Alternatives to cable - home videos---VCR, DVD, DVR |
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