Bristol Channel (TV channel)
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Bristol Channel was a cable television broadcaster that operated in the Bristol area of England during a period of experimental licensing of cable community television in the 1970s. It was run by Rediffusion and existed from 17 May 1973[1] to March 1975.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Experiment launched in 1970s that brought cable TV to city". This is Bristol. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Allen, Rod; Miller, Nod (2002). "Panaceas and Promises of Democratic Participation: Reactions to new channels, from the wireless to the World Wide Web". In Henwood, Flis; Miller, Nod; Senker, Peter; Wyatt, Sally (eds.). Technology and In/equality: Questioning the Information Society. Routledge. pp. 52–53. ISBN 9780203134504.
- ^ Fiddick, Peter (24 March 1975). "The truth implicit in Rediffusion's pull-out". The Guardian. p. 8.
Further reading
[edit]- Dutton, William H.; Blumler, Jay G. (October 1988). "The Faltering Development of Cable Television in Britain". International Political Science Review. 9 (4): 279–303. doi:10.1177/019251218800900402. JSTOR 1600759. (subscription required)
- Negrine, Ralph M. (1998). Television and the Press Since 1945. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719049217.
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