Can the US transition to digital TV be fixed? Some lessons from two European Union cases

Hernan Galperin

Telecommunications Policy, vol. 26, issue 1-2, 3-15

Abstract: This paper compares the regulatory incentives created by government policies aimed at promoting the transition to digital TV in the US, France, and the UK. It argues that US policies have aggravated coordination problems and even created incentives for terrestrial broadcasters to retard the transition in order to receive compensations from wireless telecommunications providers for vacating frequencies before the statutory deadline. The institutional analysis framework is applied to explain the observed policy variations across countries as well as the factors retarding the transition in the American case. The conclusion suggests possible remedies to accelerate the transition to digital TV in the US based on the British experience.

Keywords: Digital; TV; Institutional; analysis; United; States; European; Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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