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  1. Coming to Your Screen: Microsoft’s New Vista & DIY TV (2007)

    Subject
    Business studies; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

    Two programmes on the home technology revolution, made in a collaboration between the BBC’s MONEY PROGRAMME and the Open University’s Open Business School. MICROSOFT’S NEW VISTA - Microsoft has...

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  2. Difference on Screen (1997)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Uses Canadian film and television industries to raise issues about multiculturalism and minority cultures. Canada has a Multiculturalism Act intended to preserve it many different cultures, and regulations...

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  3. Television to Call Our Own (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £34.99

    Uses Canadian television as an example to raise issues of culture and identity. The government promotes national identity through strict regulations about the amount of ‘Canadian content’ while at the...

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  4. Global Media (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Jan Bright
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    Looks at the forces shaping the market in the television industry. With the pressure of new services and financial contraints, and the globalisation of the media, the programme looks at how a public service...

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  5. Images over India (1996)

    Producer
    Simon Lawson
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Focuses on the cultural effects of the transformation of television broadcasting in India by examining the rapid rise in the provision of satellite and cable television and their role in reconstituting the...

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  6. People’s Century (Parts 16-18) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    James DeVinney; Max Whitby
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 165 min.

    A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of the ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage. 16: The fight against...

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  7. Eurovision Song Contest, The: Counting the Cost (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Controlling the budget of the Eurovision Song Contest makes heavy demands on the host country’s national broadcasting authority. The programme looks at the role of the finance team who work behind the...

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  8. Television: The Global Impact (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Francis Sealey
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Focuses on the issues surrounding the globilisation of the television and entertainment industries. Considers growth of a few major conglomerates and their tendency to vertically integrate the production of...

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  9. Television: The Technological Impact (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Francis Sealey
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Focuses on changes in technology facing the television industry in the early 1990s, and examines implications for growth of both satellite and cable broadcasting. Raises questions as to whether technological...

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  10. Irish Question, The: A Case Study in Media Control (1990 Video)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    Features excerpts from ‘Mother Ireland’, ‘16 Dead’ and ‘Behind the Mask’ and explains why they were not broadcast. Producers explain the problems they have making programmes about Ireland and...

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