Programme distribution for pay cable: Antitrust issues in the USA

David J. Atkin

Telecommunications Policy, 1992, vol. 16, issue 6, 475-484

Abstract: Freed by the 1984 Cable Act from local rate regulation and competition from telephone companies, cable has emerged as the dominant medium in the USA. This article analyses antitrust implications of pay cable's recent consolidation across the area of programme distribution. Findings suggest that pay distribution falls within the Justice Department's definition of a 'concentrated' industry, but that the present political atmosphere is unfriendly towards any antitrust remedy.

Date: 1992
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030859619290071V
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:telpol:v:16:y:1992:i:6:p:475-484

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30471/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... /30471/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Telecommunications Policy is currently edited by Erik Bohlin

More articles in Telecommunications Policy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().