Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved to control the markets of videotape, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios foun... » 

Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved to control the markets of videotape, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios found themselves targeted for acquistion by global media and communications companies. This volume examines the decade's transformation. «