Cable and Satellite Television Network Tiering and a La Carte Options for Consumers : Issues for Congress.

Provides background on cable and satellite TV issues and developments, and reviews the FCC report on "a la carte" programming to enable consumers to choose which programs they would pay for and view on TV. Examines the current cable programmer business model and multi-channel TV market imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Cable television. Artificial satellites in telecommunication. Consumer protection. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background on cable and satellite TV issues and developments, and reviews the FCC report on "a la carte" programming to enable consumers to choose which programs they would pay for and view on TV. Examines the current cable programmer business model and multi-channel TV market imperfections. Also discusses proposals to grant cable and satellite TV consumers greater decisionmaking power over the cable and satellite networks they receive.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.