Policy issues for cable startup in smaller countries: The case in South Korea

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 371-381

  Bae, Hyuhn Suhck ^a   Baldwin, Thomas F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION; TECHNOLOGY;

NETWORK OPERATORS; PROGRAM PROVIDERS; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTEM OPERATORS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032064767     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(98)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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2. Korea Telecom is not only a network operator but also a system operator in Seoul. Korea Telecom has also a plan to provide the video dial tone (VOD) service and is now operating the experimental VOD.
3. Lee, S.-S. 'The structural change of cable television business and the way to meet the change' Paper presented to the third seminar on the cable policy which is sponsored by the Korean Cable Communications Commission, Seoul, Korea, 25 October 1995. (in Korean)
4. The Chosun-Ilbo 'Overheated competition between Korea Telecom and Korea Electronic Power Corp' 15 June 1994. (in Korean)
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8. Lee, S.-S. policy seminar for top cable TV executives which is sponsored by the Korean Cable Television Association, op cit.
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15. $ 1 is about 900 Won.
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19. This is based on an interview with the Korean Cable Television Association by fax on 7 June 1996.
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23. KCTA internal materials.
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28. The Electronic Newspaper op cit.
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30. In the case of the broadcast networks in Korea, the percentage of the broadcast hours of imported programs had gradually reduced to seven percent. See Waterman, D and Rogers, E. 'The economics of television program production and trade in Far East Asia' Journal of Communication 1994 44 (3) 89-111.
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