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Hbo Effect
Paperback Edition: 2013
No advertisers to please, no censors to placate, no commercial interruptions every eleven minutes, demanding cliff-hangers to draw viewers back after the commercial breaks: HBO has re-written the rules of television; and the result has been nothing short of a cultural ground shift. The HBO
Effect details how the fingerprints of HBO are all over contemporary film and television. Their capability to focus on smaller markets made shows like Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire, and even the more recent True Blood, trigger shows on basic cable networks to follow suit. HBO pioneered the use of HDTV and the widescreen format, production and distribution deals leading to market presence, and the promotion of greater diversity on T.V. (discussing issues of class and race).
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Featured in the March 2014 Creative Enterprises Newsletter.
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Pages : 240
Publisher : Icon Books
Publication date : 2013-11-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Art/design/film