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In this article, I develop and estimate a model of dynamic consumer behavior with switching costs in the market for paid‐television services. I estimate the parameters of the structural model using data on cable and satellite systems across local US television markets over the period 1992–2006. The results suggest switching costs range from $159 to $242 for cable and from $212 to $276 for satellite providers in 1997 dollars. Using a simple dynamic model of cable providers, I demonstrate that switching costs of these magnitudes can significantly affect the firms' optimal strategies.

"Film and television production are important components of the Canadian economy. In Vancouver, popular American television series like The X-Files and Canadian series like Da Vinci's Inquest have boosted the city's profile as a centre for international and domestic productions. Serra Tinic's On Location is the first empirical analysis of regional Canadian television producers in the context of developing global media markets." "Tinic observes that global television production in Vancouver has been a contradictory process that has led to the homogenization of culturally specific storylines, while simultaneously facilitating the development of new avenues for international ventures. The author explains how federal and regional network considerations, funding guidelines, and partnerships with international co-producers affect the capacity of Canadian television producers to negotiate culturally specific storylines in the development process. She further investigates the concepts of globalization, culture, and national identity and their relationship to broadcasting from the perspectives of members of the television industry themselves, highlighting the extent to which industry practices in Vancouver epitomize current trends in global television production. On Location fills a major gap in contemporary media and cultural studies debates that question the connections between the politics of place, culture, and commerce within the larger context of cultural globalization."--Jacket

Keane, Michael: As a hundred television formats bloom, a thousand television stations contend. - S. 5-16. Li Xiaoping: "Focus" (Jiaodian Fangtan) and the changes in the Chinese television industry. - S. 17-34. Chan, Alex: From propaganda to hegemony. Jiaodian Fangtan and China's media policy. - S. 35-51. Weber, Ian: Reconfiguring Chinese propaganda and control modalities. A case study of Shanghai's television system. - S. 53-75

This paper looks at oral histories from notable female producers, directors, writers and actors from the Pakistan television industry, particularly those involved in creating television drama serials. These oral histories are centered around their experiences and perspectives of events that have been recorded in books about the Pakistani television industry, but the point of this study in particular is to put forward personalized perspectives that narrated on a detailed level the way that the larger political contexts. The oral histories have highlighted multiple issues and were able to provide rich detail and anecdotes about the way power structures, legislation, state and censorship affects the day to day operations and logistics of acting, producing, directing and writing.

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, rates for cable service have increased at a faster pace than the general rate of inflation. GAO agreed to (1) examine the impact of competition on cable rates and service, (2) assess the reliability of information contained in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) annual cable rate report, (3) examine the causes of recent cable rate increases, (4) assess the impact of ownership affiliations in the cable industry, (5) discuss why cable operators group networks into tiers, and (6) discuss options to address factors that could be contributing to cable rate increases. GAO issued its findings and recommendations in a report entitled Telecommunications: Issues Related to Competition and Subscriber Rates in the Cable Television Industry (GAO-04-8). In that report, GAO recommended that the Chairman of FCC take steps to improve the reliability, consistency, and relevance of information on cable rates and competition in the subscription video industry. In commenting on GAO's report, FCC agreed to make changes to its annual cable rate survey, but FCC questioned, on a cost/benefit basis, the utility of revising its process to keep the classification of effective competition up to date. GAO believes that FCC should examine whether cost-effective alternative processes could help provide more accurate information. This testimony is based on that report."