Blue Skies: A History of Cable Television

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Index A A&E, see Arts & Entertainment Channel A. C. Nielson, 274, see also Nielson Media Research AAK, see Amy, Aceves, and King Aaron, Dan, 182 A-B switches, 564, 599 Abajian, Dr. Henry, 236 ABC, see American Broadcasting Corporation Abel Award, 272 Abel Cable, 120–121 AC, see Alternate current ACATS, see Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service Access, 421, 603, see also Public access Access channel, 265 Accounting irregularities, 680, 684 Acoustic tones, 592, see also Cable modems ACSN, see Appalachian Community Service Network Ad Hoc Committee of Concerned Cable Operators for a Fair Copyright Law, 377 Addressable converters, 435, 436 Addressable taps, 373 Addressable technology, 549–550 Adelphia Cable, 85–86, 665, 681–682, 683 Ader, Clement, 16–17 ADSL, see Asymmetrical digital subscriber line Adult education, 392 Adult programming, 455, 465–467, see also Sex; Sexually explicit programming; R-rated films Advance/Newhouse, 689 Advanced Communications, 561, 611 Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), 589, see also High-definition television Advertisers/advertising charges and capital costs/depreciation of CATV, 192∗ 193 DBS systems, 425 local, program origination by cable, 257, 303 national broadcasting versus CATV fight, 140 expansion of cable capacity, 487 popularity of LPTV, 552 programming in early CATV systems, 97 rates, 489, 622 revenue AOL in 1997–2005, 676 cable programmers, 449 newspapers versus videotext, 428 scarcity and cultural and performing arts channels, 459 selling cable operators and post-franchise wars, 413 Lifetime, 461 768 / Index Advertisers/advertising (Contd.) on Nickelodeon, 469 on origin cable programs, 302 strategies for DVRs, 697 -supported programming, 659 time limitations, 531 Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS), 589 AESP, see Appalachian Educational Project Aetna Life, 314 Affiliated Capital Corp., 408 African-Americans, 408 Aftermarket, films, 448 Agnew, Vice President Spiro, 259 Ailes, Roger, 661 Alden, Paul, 411–412 Alexanderson, Ernst, 27 Alfred E. Sloan Foundation, 244–245 All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962, 206, 511 All-electronic system, 32 Allen, Ed, 230 Allen, Paul, 592, 642, 663, 666–667, see also Microsoft Alliances, origins of cable, 3 All-music channel, 463–464, see also MTV Allocation schemes, 42, 48, 72–73, see also Federal Communication Commission Alpha Repertory Television Service (ARTS), 458 Altair, 592 Alternate current (AC) lines, 101 Aluminum, 173 AM fiber, 485, 486 AM LED, 485 AMC, see American Movie Classics AMECO, see Antenna Manufacturing and Engineering Co. Amendments, 166, see also First Amendment America Online (AOL), 656, 676, 686, see also AOL America’s Family Channel, 467, see also Disney America’s Talking, 600 American Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) changing times in television networks, 502–504 cultural and performing arts programming, 457 development of satellite television, 324 dislocation from New York City by Time Warner, 662 hard stance and FCC regulation of CATV, 211 interest in cable ownership, 456 American Cable Association, 670, see also Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association American Cablevision, Inc., 182, 276 American Express Inc., 367 American General Insurance, 468 American Movie Classics (AMC), 446, 529 American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA), 239 American Television and Communications (ATC) Cox Broadcasting merger and cable ownership, 315 franchise wars in Pittsburgh, 412 HBO and satellite service, 338, 339 HFC use and expansion of cable capacity, 486 MSO seedling, 277–278 Time Inc., 367, 394 Americas Talking (AT), 661 Americast, 645 Ameritech, 604, 645, 646 AML, see Amplitude Modulated Link Ampere, 10 Amplification systems, 51, 53, 67, see also Amplifiers Amplifier tube, 25 Amplifiers coaxial distribution of television \, 4 550-MHz and cable capacity, 435 founding of CATV, 79–80, 81 single-channel strip-band, 172 SKL, 173 solid-state and cable technology, 369 transistor-based, 173, 236 tube and system maintenance, 100 Amplitude Modulated Link (AML), 312 AMST, see Association of Maximum Service Telecasters Amy, Aceves, and King (AAK), 53 Anaheim, California, 332–333 Analog channels, 588, 663–664 Andreeson, Mark, 593 Anheuser-Busch, 390 ANI, see Automatic number identification systems ANIK II, 333 Animal Planet, 659 Anixter Purzan, 485 ANPA, see American Newspaper Publishers Association Anselmo, Rene, 390 ANTEC, 485 Antenaplex, 22, 53 Antenna, see also Signal(s) apartment master, 51, 60, 80 community-wide, 54–59, 67 cost of rooftop and television development, 45 industry conflicts and social context of technological innovation, 6 low-gain omnidirectional and signal reception, 52 masts and over-the-air signal detection, 50 sites, 90 wars and tenant disputes, 52 Antenna Manufacturing and Engineering Co. (AMECO), 116, 236, 271 Antennavision, Inc., 116 Anticompetitive business practices, 96, 229 Anti-leapfrogging rules, 255, 266, 301...