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Cable Act Regulation Revisited: How to Arrive at Inequity

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Regulation Fosters Market Inequities; Competition Fosters Innovation and Price Competitiveness The Senate recently debated the effectiveness of the long-standing 1992 Cable Act, resulting from continued high-profile disputes over broadcaster and cable company carriage fees. These disputes have … [Read more...]

Cable vs.Telco: Verizon-Cable Industry Stop Competing, Forced to Collude

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Thou shall not covet your competitor’s assets; there should be a universal commandment which industries should abide by, and it seems as if former staunch competitors, Verizon and the Cable Industry so covet each other’s assets they are willing to partner to get them. Verizon needs Cable’s … [Read more...]

Mergers and Acquisitions Beget More Regulation

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In the United States, we have been on a substantial merger and acquisition frenzy for the past 12 years. That is to say, most company’s wishing to consolidate, acquire or take-over a competitor has been given the preverbal “green light” to create economies of scale by consolidating markets in … [Read more...]

Outlook for Cable Vs Telco/DBS: a Continuing Slide according to SNL Kagan

Subscribers in Millions   Multi-Channel Providers 2008 2013 2019 Cable TV 63.2 60.7 DBS 32.2 33.6 33 Telco 6.7 16.7 Over-the-Top Substitution 7.1 14 Cable’s dominance … [Read more...]