Vertical ownership, program network carriage, and tier positioning in cable television: An empirical study

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-251

  Chen, Dong ^a   Waterman, David ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable television; Program carriage; Program positioning; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; OWNERSHIP; TELEVISION; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848922043     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-007-9134-z     Document Type: Article

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