Triple Play Time

Hollander, Claude and Hollander, Abraham (2006): Triple Play Time. Published in: International Journal of Digital Economics No. 63 (September 2006): pp. 51-71.

Abstract

Abstract: Digital convergence thrusts telephony, television and the internet into the socalled 'triple play' offerings, creating new forms of rivalry between cable operators and telephone companies. Markets participants feel compelled to enter new industries to survive, even though their core competencies are limited to their primary market. The outcome of triple play competition is likely to depend on the speed of the development of new technologies and the adaptation of the regulatory environment. In the short run, telephone companies will enjoy an advantage attributable to switching costs. However, this advantage will erode as younger subscribers switch to telephony on the internet.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
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• Institution: COMMUNICATIONS & STRATEGIES
• Language: English
• Keywords: triple play; bundling; digital convergence; broadband access; television and telephone
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L82 - Entertainment; Media (Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Broadcasting, Publishing, etc.); O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L88 - Government Policy; H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H41 - Public Goods; K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law > K23 - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law; L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L96 - Telecommunications