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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...

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...

An efficient anonymous authentication protocol for mobile pay-TV

In terms of convenience requirements, mobility has been one of the most important services for pay-TV systems. In 2009, Yang and Chang proposed an authentication protocol for mobile devices using elliptic curves cryptography (ECC) and claimed that their mechanism is secure and efficient using in mobile payTV systems. In this paper, we demonstrate that their protocol still is insecure for authen...

Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Mobile TV Apps

In recent years, smart phone market has risen and the demands of mobile applications increase sharply. Daily mobile applications have shown their great potential and influences throughout mobile commerce. Mobile TV app is one of the most popular mobile applications in the entertainment genre. Advances in 4G mobile network make high-quality mobile TV and video streaming apps prospective. With th...