The analog switch-off in a cable dominated television landscape. Implications for the transition to digital television in Flanders

Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-101

  Verdegem, Pieter ^a   Hauttekeete, Laurence ^a   De Marez, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analog switch off; Antenna viewers; Digital era; Policy research; Terrestrial television

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649085053     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMM.2009.006     Document Type: Article

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