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Market power in pay TV

Annex 7 to pay TV market investigation second consultation This is the non-confidential version. Confidential information has been redacted. Redactions are indicated by [] Annex 7 to pay TV second consultation – market power Contents Section Page 1 Introduction 1 2 Market power in the wholesale supply of Core Premium Sports channels 7 3 Market power in the wholesale supply of Core Premium Movie...

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Tv Wars: Exclusive Content and Platform Competition in Pay Tv*

The article examines incentives for exclusive distribution of premium television programming. Static analysis shows that a vertically integrated operator with premium programming always supplies this content to the rival distributor, using per-subscriber fees to soften competition. In a dynamic setting with switching costs exclusivity confers a market share advantage, benefiting the operator in...

Pay-tv versus Free-tv: a Model of Sports Broadcasting Rights Sales

INTRODUCTION In recent years, the importance of income from broadcasting rights for professional sports clubs’ revenues has increased significantly both in the U.S. and in Europe [see Cave and Crandall, 2001]. While up to the 1980s gate receipts have constituted the major pillar of revenues, this role has since been taken over by income out of broadcasting rights sales [Andreff and Staudohar, 2...