And now no word from our sponsor: How HBO puts the risk back into television

It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 46-64

  Kelso, Tony ^a  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203928868     Document Type: Chapter

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