'Victorian Television'? - how the satellite genie escaped from the regulatory bottle

Jonathon Miller

Under the heading `Victorian Television', a memorable Wall Street Journal indictment of British TV, a few months ago, noted the follies of the Broadcasting Act and the `channel auction'.

'Victorian Television'?

How the satellite genie escaped from the regulatory bottle

Jonathon Miller

Under the heading 'Victorian Television', a memorable Wall Street Journal indictment of British TV, a few months ago, noted the follies of the Broadcasting Act. But it overlooked the Act's liberating consequences - releasing the genie of unregulated, demand driven channels through the open market technology of medium-powered telecommunications satellites like Astra. The new operators are showing that TV without trammels can be both non-litist and of good quality. Satellite TV is growing faster than any previous electronic product, and in the UK is...

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