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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9781466219878
- Book Title
- Birds in Hand : RCA and a Communication Revolution
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Telecommunications, History, Corporate & Business History
- Item Weight
- 29.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 286 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1466219874
ISBN-13
9781466219878
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110961282
Product Key Features
Book Title
Birds in Hand : RCA and a Communication Revolution
Number of Pages
286 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Telecommunications, History, Corporate & Business History
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
29.2 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
BIRDS IN HAND: RCA and a Communications RevolutionIn the 1970s, the cable television industry was transformed - not by cables, but by communications satellites flying more than 23,000 miles above the earth. These satellites enabled a programming revolution that made household names out of HBO, CNN, ESPN, Ted Turner and Pat Robertson.The common thread in the emergence of these global brands was a fleet of satellites built and operated by RCA, which extended the reach of cable TV in ways that previously were unimaginable. This revolution was made possible by the technologists who built and flew these satellites - especially a team of engineers from RCA. But it wasn't easy or dull. One satellite blew up four days after launch. Another almost shook itself to pieces in deep space. Armed only with telemetry, engineers had to trouble-shoot problems on satellites worth tens of millions of dollars as they hurtled through the harsh environment of space. "Birds in Hand: RCA and a Communications Revolution" is the story of how the RCA Satcom spacecraft and the creative, enterprising people of RCA revolutionized communications in a way that forever changed the cultural life of the U.S.:The cost of private telephone circuits dropped by 50%. RCA's satellites helped catapult HBO from only 8,000 subscribers in the Northeast U.S. to 1.6 million nationwide in two years. Ted Turner put his tiny Atlanta UHF station up on Satcom-1 and by 1978 it became the first Superstation and was in 2 million homes. Everybody laughed when Turner said he would use Satcom to launch a 24-hour news channel - and today CNN is in 100 million households. The satellite-driven success of the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN) provided the public platform for televangelist Pat Robertson to launch a campaign for President of the United States.An out of work father and son had this idea of putting some local college basketball games up on Satcom-1 and before you know it, it's ESPN.RCA's Satcom-2 satellite provided telephone service to every bush village in Alaska.and introduced real-time network TV service to Alaska. This is the story of how a company that gained an early advantage in a pivotal industry, and fought to maintain that leadership in the face of fierce competition and continuing technological changes and challenges., BIRDS IN HAND: RCA and a Communications Revolution In the 1970s, the cable television industry was transformed - not by cables, but by communications satellites flying more than 23,000 miles above the earth. These satellites enabled a programming revolution that made household names out of HBO, CNN, ESPN, Ted Turner and Pat Robertson. The common thread in the emergence of these global brands was a fleet of satellites built and operated by RCA, which extended the reach of cable TV in ways that previously were unimaginable. This revolution was made possible by the technologists who built and flew these satellites - especially a team of engineers from RCA. But it wasn't easy or dull. One satellite blew up four days after launch. Another almost shook itself to pieces in deep space. Armed only with telemetry, engineers had to trouble-shoot problems on satellites worth tens of millions of dollars as they hurtled through the harsh environment of space.
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