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This is a 10 page paper discussing the program access rules for cable TV as originally enacted in 1992 in the Cable Consumer Protection and Competition Act passed by Congress. Since the introduction of the Act which was meant to spur competition but still contained many restrictions the cable industry has still remained dominant in the market despite the opening of the market to other operators, such as the telephone industry. In Oct 2002, the program access clause which provides for cable companies to share their programming with DBS providers can expire unless the FCC decides to extend the clause in order to allow the DBS market to increase to provide the proper competition.
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by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as this clause of the Act is dated to expire on Oct. 5, 2002. Currently, the clause requires cable TV operators who produce some
of their own programming to make those programs available to DBS (direct broadcast satellite) broadcasters. The DBS industry is growing and providing a competitive market against the cable TV industry.
If this clause is allowed to expire the FCC fear that the DBS market will not have established itself enough to allow for it to continue in its competitive capacity
against the more powerful cable providers who now currently hold about 80% of the market. When the Act and over seven additions allowed for the introduction of the telephone industry
into the market, the telephone companies were not able to produce enough competition against the cable providers because the cable companies still have many exclusivity arrangements with the programmers. Despite
the efforts of competitors over the ten years since the Act has been introduced, competitors to the cable market have only managed to capture 20%. When introducing competition into the
market, economists and the FCC believed that this would allow for television services to decrease while at the same time increasing the market which would have a two fold advantage
for the consumer. However, since the original Act was introduced the market has seen an increase in fees for the consumer and a decrease in basic programming provided. While it
be said that from a marketing perspective it is understandable why the cable industry wants to maintain its basic monopoly on the industry, economic benefits would be increased if the
FCC were to maintain its restrictions for the moment and allow the competitive market, the DBS industry, to grow allowing for a potentially equal competitive market. History of the
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