The Effects of Market Structure and Ownership on Prices and Service Offerings in the U.S. Cable Television Industry
The Effects of Market Structure and Ownership on Prices and Service Offerings in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

Author: William M. Emmons

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13:

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"This study provides empirical evidence concerning the effects of alternative market structures and ownership modes on prices and service offerings in the cable television industry. Drawing on data from 1983 and 1989, we analyze the underlying characteristics and behavior of competing versus monopoly operators on the one hand, and privately versus non-privately owned operators on the other. Our econometric results suggest that prices charged by competing or non-privately owned firms for basic cable television service are significantly lower than prices charged in comparable franchise areas by monopoly private operators. However, we do not find consistent statistically significant differences in quality (in terms of number of satellite signals included in basic service) to exist between monopoly operators and competing or non-privately owned systems. Overall, we conclude that while our results offer some support for the 'effective competition' standards of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Policy Act of 1992, they raise important questions about the feasibility of relying on direct competition and/or non-private ownership as 'cure alls' for the alleged abuses of private monopoly operators."--Abstract.

FCC Record
FCC Record

Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 390

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Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets
Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets

Author: Tom Evens

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-04-04

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 3319742469

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This book seeks to investigate ‘platform power’ in the multi-platform era and unravels the evolution of power structures in the TV industry as a result of platformisation. Multiple TV platforms and modes of distribution are competing–not necessarily in a zero-sum game–to control the market. In the volume, the contributors work to extend established ‘platform theory’ to the TV industry, which has become increasingly organised as a platform economy. The book helps to understand how platform power arises in the industry, how it destabilises international relations, and how it is used in the global media value chain. Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets contributes to the growing field of media industry studies, and draws on scholarly work in communication, political economy and public policy whilst providing a deeper insight into the transformation of the TV industry from an economic, political and consumer level. Avoiding a merely legal analysis from a technology-driven perspective, the book provides a critical analysis of the dominant modes of power within the evolving structures of the global TV value chain.