Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2007
Publication Citation
59 Federal Communications Law Journal 251 (2007)
Abstract
This Article examines whether, on legal or policy grounds, video services provided over a telephone network should be regulated as a traditional cable service or whether a different approach is warranted. The Authors find that municipal franchise requirements for video services provided over telephone networks would reduce consumer welfare. The Authors estimate that, even without considering any welfare gains owing to higher quality, the consumer welfare gains from entry exceed the potential loss in franchise fee revenue to municipalities by a factor of nearly three to one.
Recommended Citation
Crandall, Robert W.; Sidak, J. Gregory; and Singer, Hal J.
(2007)
"Does Video Delivered over a Telephone Network Require a Cable Franchise?,"
Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 59:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol59/iss2/2
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