Inside the Rise of HBO: A Personal History of the Company That Transformed Television (Paperback)

from gpangel

Inside the Rise of HBO: A Personal History of the Company That Transformed Television by Bill Mesce, Jr. is a 2015 McFarland Publication. I was provided a copy of this book via the LibraryThing Early review program. I have read other books about HBO, it's history, failures and successes, but, thi...

from toonarmycaptain

Informative, entertaining, and engaging look into both HBO and the entire cable TV and the growth of television in general as a commercial enterprise. This is particularly fascinating for someone who didn't experience these events, due to age and locus outside the cable TV doninated media landsca...

from foof2you

I get that Mr. Mesce is in the business but I find his use of slang and inside terms annoying. I liked the use of pictures but I found there use choppy. some show had them others nothing. In one case he had pictures of one of the CEO's but none of the founders and originators.

from coppers

This was really much better than I thought it would be and truly an insider's account of HBO. It was highly readable and great fun to just pick up and read about the early days of cable and HBO. A chatty and entertaining read for anyone who is interested in media studies, TV history and programmi...

from HotWolfie

Man, I was so excited to win Inside the Rise of HBO as an Early Review Copy. I'm a huge fan of a lot of HBO shows, so it was really interesting to learn about their backstory and the general history of cable television. Bill Mesce Jr. actually wrote about an area in PA where my uncle and his fami...