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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462707903321

Autore

Deninger Dennis.

Titolo

Sports on television : the how and why behind what you see / / Dennis Deninger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-10751-9

1-283-84302-1

1-136-26226-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

070.4/49796

Soggetti

Television and sports

Television broadcasting of sports

Mass media and sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SPORTS ON TELEVISION; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 TELEVISION THAT MATTERS; 2 BEGINNINGS: THE DECADES OF EXPERIMENTATION AND FULFILLMENT; 3 THE MODERN ERA BEGINS; 4 THE PRO FOOTBALL ASCENDANCY; 5 THE ESPN ERA; 6 PROGRAMMING SPORTS ON TELEVISION; 7 PRODUCING SPORTS ON TELEVISION; 8 THE EVOLUTION OF SPORTS COMMENTATORS; 9 INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BROADCASTING; 10 WHO'S WATCHING TV SPORTS, AND WHY?; 11 ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP; 12 POWER AND ECONOMICS; 13 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN SPORTS TELEVISION

14 THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF TELEVISED SPORT15 COMING UP NEXT; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Dennis Deninger has succeeded in covering the full gamut of sports television and sports broadcasting. The book proceeds from why this book needs to be written, to the history of the industry and discipline, the pioneering events of sports broadcasting and sports television, to a nuts-and bolts, behind-the-scenes look at a sports television production. Its potential audience includes academics, practitioners and



the casual reader. This book provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry"--