Digital TV offers many advantages over analog TV, but the transition process is complex and costly. This book explains how the process is unfolding in the U.S. and Britain and explores the changes in the legal framework and the industry structure associated with it. It is a unique study about the technological, political, and social factors shaping the emergence of the Information Society in the U.S. and Europe.

Digital TV offers many advantages over analog TV, but the transition process is complex and costly. This book explains how the process is unfolding in the U.S. and Britain and explores the changes in the legal framework and the industry structure associated with it. It is a unique study about the technological, political, and social factors shaping the emergence of the Information Society in the U.S. and Europe.

PCPR (Proceedings of the CPRLatam Conference) is published annually by the Latin America Communication Policy Research Network. CPRLatam is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, education and consulting purposes. The main goal of the organization is to provide training and consulting services for scholars, private sector, and government officers on ICT policy, and to hold an annual conference for the exchange of non-partisan research, education, and information aiming to increase academic, private and government officers and the public awareness regarding ICT policy issues. This...