| | Television Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | While North American over-the-air broadcasting was originally free of direct marginal cost to the consumer (i.e., cost in excess of acquisition and upkeep of the hardware) and broadcasters were compensated primarily by receipt of advertising revenue, increasingly United States television consumers obtain their programming by subscription to cable television systems or direct-to-home satellite transmissions. |
| | A major driver for television uptake in Britain was the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953; this event was viewed by over 20 million people, and was for many their first exposure to television. |
| | Paralleling television's growing primacy in family life and society, an increasingly vocal chorus of legislators, scientists and parents are raising objections to the uncritical acceptance of the medium. |
| www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Television (2714 words) |
