World TV audiences - haves, have-nots and state monopolies
Mark Rudolph
Globally, TV has billions of viewers, thousands of channels, and large numbers of households without television at all. This important overview sets out the medium's basic information: incidence of TV/non-TV homes by global region, the proportions able to receive alternatives to state-controlled channels, and (whether as cause or effect) their greater affluence. The evolution of CNN - 'the little channel that could' - is set in this context. Its own audience growth, a remarkable two-way exchange in uninterrupted and unedited programming, and its unique achievements during the Gulf War...