Hernan Galperin is an Assistant Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Dr Galperin's research and teaching focus on the international governance and impact of new communication and information technologies. His research has been published in article collections and scholarly journals such as the Federal Communications Law Journal, Telecommunications Policy, the Journal of Communication, and Media, Culture, & Society. He is a frequent participant to numerous academic and industry conferences, including the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), the International Communication Association (ICA), and the American Political Science Association (APSA). Dr Galperin is a former fellow of the Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research in London.
List of figures and tables
Preface and acknowledgements
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Part I. A Political Economy of Digital TV: 1. Introduction
2. Why digital TV?
Part II. The American Road to Digital TV: 3. The genesis of broadcast regulation in the United States
4. HDTV comes to America
5. A new bargain
6. A long journey
Part III. The British Road to Digital TV: 7. The European context
8. The birth and evolution of analog TV in the United Kingdom
9. Being first: the Digital TV race
10. Murdoch phobia?
11. Digital TV and the new Labour
Part IV. New Television, Old Politics: 12. One goal, many paths
13. Explaining national variations in digital TV policies
14. Conclusion: the regulation of digital communications and the resilience of national regimes
References
Index.
