Abstract
This paper discusses the relationship between regulation and price, quality and consumer welfare related to cable TV. The paper examines the impact of the Cable Communications Policy Act that freed cable operators from rate regulation resulting in price increases, and the Cable Act of 1992 that reinstated governmental control of rates.

From the Paper
"The problem is that the relationship between regulation and price quality and consumer welfare related to cable TV is unclear. Beard, Ekelund, Ford and Saba reported that while in the past, the cable industry was allowed to increase rates if new channels were offered, pre cable was regulated by local governments with franchise bidding arrangements that were reliant on cost inflation and other factors. During this period, cable was viewed as..."

Tags:cable, tv, regulation, consumer, welfare, price, increases

Abstract
The paper discusses how in recent years, the cable and satellite TV industries have transformed television as we know it. The paper describes how broadcast television first debuted at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and quickly began to make dramatic changes in the way people lived, worked, and spent their leisure hours. The paper then relates that by 1949, community antenna television, which was an early form of cable television, was sending broadcast signals to rural Pennsylvania and Oregon (Toto). The paper further relates that by the 1960's, most people had a choice of just three channels, but now it is commonplace to have a choice of hundreds of channels. The paper shows how this is thanks to the development of the cable and satellite industries.

From the Paper
"In recent years the cable and satellite industries have transformed television as we know it. Broadcast television first debuted at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and quickly began to make dramatic changes in the way people lived, worked, and spent their leisure hours. By 1949, community antenna television, which was an early form of cable television, was sending broadcast signals to rural Pennsylvania and Oregon (Toto). By the 1960's, most people had a choice of just three channels, but now it is commonplace to have a choice of hundreds of channels. This is thanks to the development of the cable and satellite industries. Thanks largely to..."

Tags:technology, cable, satellite

Abstract
This paper explores changes in the law that are now allowing for competition among Internet providers, cable providers and the telephone companies. The paper discusses how in the past, telephony services were one type of service, cable television another, and Internet services still another. The paper explains that the change will now allow the telephone companies to compete directly with cable television companies, which in turn will be able to offer more and more telephone services as well.

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"Today's IT company faces issues in terms of its organizational behavior both from within and without, with the major internal issue often being personnel development, while changes in the competitive environment constitute a major issue from outside the company itself. Consider the problems facing the average Internet provider today, given that the competitive environment is opening up to new entrants so that the environment is changing rapidly. The issue is being framed in California today as the state implements a change in the law to allow competition among Internet providers, cable providers, and the telephone companies. In the past, telephony services were one type of service, cable television..."

Tags:cable, television, providers

Abstract
The paper is a case study of Comcast Cable Company, one of the largest cable providers and communication giants in the world. The paper examines Comcast's recent diversification into digital cable, high-speed Internet and digital phone services. The paper analyzes Chairman and CEO, Brian L. Roberts, and his contribution to Comcast's success. The paper further examines's Comcast's balance sheet, and concludes that Comcast's financial results are impressive, with revenue increases in the three-figure percentage range.

From the Paper
"One of the main artisans of this success is certainly Comcast Corporation's Chairman and CEO, Brian L. Roberts. He is probably the person to blame for the company entering the Fortune 100 list with its 21.5 million customers and 74,000 employees. Certainly, many were keen to recognize his merits and Institutional Investor magazine named him the top vote-getter in the 2004 America's Best CEO annual survey, with Money magazine naming Comcast as one of the top five performing stock over a thirty-year period."

Tags:AT&T, financial, ratios, National, Cable, and, Telecommunications, Association

Abstract
This paper discusses three HR issues in the cable TV industry: human capital development, the strategic focus on the convergence between cable TV and other technologies associated with bundling, and the industry's measurement of employee behavior and attitude in terms of customer service.

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"The greatest investment within the cable TV industry is human capital development. Making this investment on a consistent basis will positively impact the organizational structure in a couple of ways. First, by developing the human capital within the organization, gaps in the organizational structure will be filled without delay by people qualified and prepared to handle their new positions. Human capital development goes hand in hand with succession planning, as each person leaving the organization has already planned for someone to take his..."

Tags:HR, cable TV industry, employee behavior, human capital development, bundling, convergence

Abstract
This paper discusses the Canadian cable television industry, examining how it has had a history of slow growth, with an increase in subscribers in recent years. The paper proposes that one reason for this is the advent of digital services and the increased possibility of offering computer services along with television services, suggesting that high-speed Internet is more appealing than cable television.

From the Paper
"Cable television in Canada has had a history of slow growth, with an increase in subscribers in recent years. One reason for this is the advent of digital services and the increased possibility of offering computer services along with television services, suggesting that high-speed Internet is more appealing than cable television. According to a recent newspaper article, the number of cable TV subscribers increased by 0.4 per cent to 7.6 million as of Aug. 31, 2004, and this was seen as a clear improvement after four consecutive years of declines (McLean B1)."

Tags:canadian, cable, television

Abstract
This paper looks at one particular piece of the changing technology puzzle the ways in which cable television has become increasingly sophisticated through the incorporation of a number of different types of technology. Specifically, this paper focuses on the efforts of Comcast to become the nation's leading cable television outlet, in part through its acquisition last year of the telephone company AT&T.

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"While most of us probably still think of cable and telephone service as being distinct from each other, in fact over the past decade they have become more and similar to each other as entertainment and information services like cable television have come to rely more and more heavily on the transmission capabilities of phone lines and as phone companies have become more and more diverse in the technological capabilities that they have to offer."

Tags:satelite, tv, cable, technology, internet, telephone, company

Abstract
Short history of AT&T's venture into the cable internet marketplace. Includes information on mergers with TCI, MediaOne and Comcast that made this possible, and the history of MediaOne's Road Runner, the first cable-delivered internet access system.

Tags:birth, of, cable

Abstract
This is a study of the FX and WB cable networks, concentrating on their programming content, demographics and advertisers. The paper uses the networks as an example of Michael Porter's theory of competitiveness as well as including a general review of television content and advertising principles and an extensive examination of the relationship between these two factors in the competitiveness model.

Tags:cable, network, programming

Abstract
This paper compares and examines whether DSL or cable modem is more feasible to the consumers.

Tags:dsl, vs, cable