Title page for ETD etd-06132000-13410034

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Wise, Andrew Stewart

Author's Email Address

katenicki@cs.com, AWISE@FCC.GOV

URN

etd-06132000-13410034

Title

DOES CABLE TELEVISION FACE A NATIONWIDE COMPETITOR IN DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE SERVICE?

Degree

Master of Arts

Department

Economics (Arts and Sciences)

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Waud, Roger N.	Committee Chair
Lutton, Thomas J.	Committee Member
Wentzler, Nancy A.	Committee Member

Keywords

direct broadcast satellite
multichannel video services
cable television
competition

Date of Defense

2000-06-07

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

An important problem for economists and policy-
makers concerning the cable industry is whether
the cable industry faces widespread direct
competition. Only one roughly comparable, nation-
wide competitor exists, Direct Broadcast
Satellite ("DBS"), and there are some indications
that DBS does not constrain cable prices. The
model presented in this paper indicates that DBS
and cable compete imperfectly in terms of monthly
prices, if at all, but compete more directly in
terms of the premium-level services they offer.
Other factors may indicate whether a community is
open to advanced services like DBS, such as
whether the cable operators offers high-speed
Internet access.

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